Vacant Property Security

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Logan Square, Chicago

There’s this perfectly nice graystone building on a busy section of California Avenue that has this strange window coverings. The first time I walked past I thought that maybe it was a vacant building, but most vacant buildings have the windows boarded up, and this was much fancier.

I was walking by with a friend on another occasion and we were talking about it. There was a DirectTV satellite on the building and we could see lights on inside. Could these coverings be on for noise control? Were they doing some kind of repair on the windows? Were the people inside the weirdo recluses? No idea.

Another time walking by I took this photo. At home I looked up “VPS” which are some letters that are on the window coverings. VPS is Vacant Property Security. So, my initial thoughts were correct. Probably a foreclosed building. Sign of the times.

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