Cynthia’s place was great. This rental is on the upmost floor of a fairly typical Chicago home. Everything appears relatively recently remodeled or constructed. Never felt unsafe in the neighborhood and frankly it was extremely quiet at night which was wonderful. If you are used to any sort of urban environment you will recognize that this area is turning over with new homes, existing homes and empty but clean lots around the area.
Only complaint would be lack of a walkable restaurant or shopping area, but we had a car and Hyde Park was wonderful. I recommend Virtue there and also make sure you hit Lem’s BBQ.
Used this place as a base point for the Chicago Marathon and it was a cinch. You can street park literally 50 feet from the 63rd Metra station and pay $2 one way to get to the start line in about 20 minutes. The train was absolutely empty coming from this direction as I think the term ‘south Chicago’ scares a lot of people. If you want a quiet, clean and well accommodated rental for race weekend, and don’t mind driving to much more popular eating areas then this place works great.