A new building filled with social service and education amenities at Altgeld Gardens is a test case for the limits of design and architecture.
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Posted inMusic
Girl group the Lovelites hit big but never became stars outside Chicago
The Lovelites had their biggest success with “How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad,” which came out when they were so young they could barely tour.
Posted inNews & Politics
Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicago’s pilot dockless bike-share program is showing promise on the far south side
While dockless bike share is experiencing growing pains or worse in other cities, records show that DoBi providers LimeBike and Pace are doing decently.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Would far-south-siders be willing to swap the long-awaited Red Line extension for a cheaper, quicker solution?
Residents of Roseland, Pullman, and other neighborhoods south of 95th weigh in on the Electric Line conversion.
Posted inBlogs
National Public Housing Museum’s new show informs, memorializes, but doesn’t point fingers
The museum, slated to open on the west side in 2018, gives audiences a taste of its curatorial approach at Archeworks
Posted inNews & Politics
An African-American female police officer on why more Chicago cops should look like her
“To improve the relationship between police and the youth, you have to start young,” officer Janice Wilson says.
Posted inBlogs
Some East Chicago residents fleeing lead contamination are being moved to Chicago’s ‘toxic doughnut’
Altgeld Gardens is a poor place for relocation, residents say.
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Jackson Park, 20th-century public sculpture show up on Preservation Chicago’s annual Seven Most Endangered Buildings list
Preservation Chicago’s 2017 list of endangered structures also includes the Union Station Power House and Altgeld Gardens.
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Trump reportedly has accepted Bobby Rush’s invitation to visit Chicago, and other news
Also, Jackson Park and public sculptures made a list of the city’s most endangered sites.
Posted inFilm
Barack and Michelle Obama’s love affair—with each other, and the city—hits the big screen
Chicago plays itself in this dramatization of the First Couple’s first date.
Posted inBlogs
Prince’s lasting impact on Chicago, and other news
Also, at least 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago in 2016.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Altgeld Gardens residents campaign for better pedestrian facilities
Deloris Lucas has spent years campaigning for a sidewalk on 130th Street. Thanks to a new CDOT study, her efforts may finally get some traction.
Posted inBlogs
A bus tour stops by polluted Altgeld Gardens
For more than 30 years, residents of the south-side housing project—called the “toxic doughnut”—have been fighting for environmental justice.
Posted inNews & Politics
The fight to preserve a model public housing project
Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.