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O`BLOCK

O`BLOCK. Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes, known as O-Block is a group of apartments with 694 units located in the Greater Grand Crossing area. It is also on the border of Woodlawn and Washington Park. Chicago's Greater Grand Crossing, Woodlawn, and Washington Park community areas are in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. In the early 2010s, gang activity skyrocketed and Parkway Gardens became the center of one of Chicago's most violent blocks. The 6400 block of South King Drive was known locally as "WIIIC CITY", but began to be referred to as "O'Block" following the 2011 murder of resident and Black Disciples member Odee Perry.