When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
Then Thursday, September 17 · Thursday, October 29 · Friday, October 30. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
3
629 S State St (5 min walk) · 630 S State St (5 min walk) · 385 Michigan Ave (10 min walk)
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning1,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 S State St — 844, 6 min walk S
- 1000 S Wells St — 159, 8 min walk W
Permit zones11,126 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351, 8 min walk S
- 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285, 7 min walk W
- 800 S Wells St — 1,269, 8 min walk W
- 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 8 min walk W
- 600 S Wells St — 892, 9 min walk NW
Plate checks2,640 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 S State St — 733, 8 min walk S
- 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585, 8 min walk N
- 1100 S Wells St — 525, 8 min walk W
- 400 S La Salle St — 251, 10 min walk NW
- 300 S State St — 211, 9 min walk N
Posted restrictions18,837 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 500 S Clark St — 2,757, 8 min walk NW
- 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432, 3 min walk S
- 500 S State St — 1,502, 6 min walk N
- 300 S Plymouth Ct — 1,469, 9 min walk N
- 300 S Federal St — 1,437, 10 min walk NW
Metered blocks108,688 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106, 8 min walk S
- 0 E 9th St — 6,004, 1 min walk E
- 0 E 11th St — 5,892, 2 min walk S
- 0 E 13th St — 5,743, 7 min walk S
- 1200 S Wabash Ave — 5,016, 6 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 4, section 14. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May7Thu
May8Fri
Jun22Mon
Jun23Tue
Aug4Tue
Aug5Wed
Sep16Wed
Sep17Thu
Oct29Thu
Oct30Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 16.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras3 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓City sticker & platesA missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
✓The tickets you still getContested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
✓What it costsThe average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.