North of 63rd Woodlawn is gentrifying faster than you can say “Starbucks.” It has more students and faculty than some sections of Hyde Park. South of 63rd Woodlawn is also pretty quiet, but people are more scared (b/c of perceptions, not b/c of reality). The big division in Woodlawn is east-west (not north-south) and the dividing line is Cottage Grove, but there are signs this is changing too.
By the time the Obama library comes barely anyone is going to associate Woodlawn with crime. The new dorm is going to accelerate things, just like South did.