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I can't tell you about these buildings specifically, but I can tell you that the area just south of the Midway (like 60th-63rd, so the last on your list) is considered outside the UChicago/Hyde Park bubble, despite it being closer to campus than some of the northern apartments and being included in the UCPD's radius. What that means is that few undergrads take advantage of the area -- rent tends to be much cheaper for nicer/newer buildings and street parking is much easier to come by. The 53rd-51st street zone is much more popular because it has a (mostly unfounded) reputation for being safer and is closer to all the off-campus stuff to do in Hyde Park (restaurants, shops, a "movie theater" etc). If you live at 61st street you'll feel like you can just run to campus at any time. If you live on 53rd or 51st, you'll have to sort of plan your day around being on campus or off, and do you want to walk or take the shuttle...stuff like that. There are night shuttles all around Hyde Park though, with none of the buildings you listed being better or worse served by the shuttles than any other. fwiw I'm a UChicago alum, current staff member, and starting in a phd program here in the fall. I wish I could address the specific buildings you mention, but I've lived allllll over HP in the last decade so I figured I could at least throw out what knowledge I do have and hope it helps someone!