Parking at 50 S Desplaines St
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50 S Desplaines St

Ward 34, cleaning section 3 · 192,179 parking tickets were written across 168 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
Then Thursday, September 17 · Thursday, October 8 · Friday, October 9 · Monday, November 2. 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?
4
147 S Desplaines St (1 min walk) · 216 S Jefferson St (3 min walk) · 3 S Halsted St (3 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 900 W Van Buren St alone took 596 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,691 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 900 W Van Buren St — 596, 8 min walk SW
  • 300 S Peoria St — 492, 7 min walk SW
  • 300 S Sangamon St — 363, 8 min walk SW
  • 100 S Morgan St — 240, 8 min walk W
Permit zones8,611 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 100 S Peoria St — 1,369, 5 min walk W
  • 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 7 min walk SE
  • 700 W Quincy St — 830, 4 min walk SW
  • 1000 W Monroe St — 801, 10 min walk W
  • 500 W Van Buren St — 762, 6 min walk SE
Plate checks3,025 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1000 W Van Buren St — 727, 10 min walk SW
  • 800 W Van Buren St — 557, 6 min walk SW
  • 1000 W Adams St — 522, 10 min walk W
  • 200 S Peoria St — 452, 6 min walk SW
  • 200 S Sangamon St — 317, 7 min walk SW
Posted restrictions8,969 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 500 W Madison St — 2,897, 3 min walk NE
  • 600 S Clinton St — 1,240, 9 min walk S
  • 900 W Adams St — 792, 6 min walk W
  • 200 S Franklin St — 522, 10 min walk E
  • 300 S Halsted St — 456, 6 min walk SW
Metered blocks167,547 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 900 W Randolph St — 19,549, 8 min walk NW
  • 100 N Sangamon St — 6,828, 9 min walk NW
  • 800 W Washington Blvd — 6,511, 6 min walk NW
  • 100 N Green St — 6,393, 6 min walk NW
  • 800 W Randolph St — 6,119, 7 min walk NW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
Apr29Wed
Apr30Thu
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun15Mon
Jun16Tue
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Jul31Fri
Aug3Mon
Aug24Mon
Aug25Tue
Sep16Wed
Sep17Thu
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
Nov2Mon
Nov3Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 16.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
4 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.