Parking at 1450 S Museum Campus
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1400–1499 S Museum Campus. Everything here is from City records — 40,472 parking tickets written across 45 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 1450 S Museum Campus
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 1300 S Michigan Ave alone took 2,351 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.
Permit zones10,387 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1400 S Indiana Ave — 1,097 tickets, 8 min walk W
- 1600 S Indiana Ave — 739 tickets, 9 min walk SW
Plate checks59 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1200 S Lake Shore Dr — 59 tickets, 7 min walk NW
Posted restrictions11,690 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 600 E Solidarity — 3,930 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 500 E Solidarity — 3,345 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 800 E Solidarity Dr — 1,781 tickets, 9 min walk NE
Metered blocks18,141 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 700 E Solidarity Dr — 9,326 tickets, 5 min walk N
- 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 1400 S Linn White Dr — 192 tickets, 6 min walk E
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.