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Home » Chicago Lawn

Tag: Chicago Lawn

An aerial rendering of the proposed 63rd House site
Posted inArts & Culture

Building 63rd House

by Annette LePique January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

On August 5, 1966, near Marquette Park, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was attacked while leading a protest to demand housing desegregation. Several blocks away from this spot […]

Posted inMusic

Remember resale shops this Record Store Day

by Leor Galil April 10, 2019March 30, 2022

Record Store Day doesn’t usually include thrift and vintage shops, but they’re among the best places to find vinyl that nobody’s even thought of reissuing yet.

Posted inArts & Culture

Magnolia Screen Printing wants to provide jobs for the young people of Chicago Lawn

by Kate Sierzputowski April 4, 2018August 9, 2022

Omar Kamran and Justin Clemons hope to grow something beautiful and lasting in their neighborhood.

Veronica Coney in front of her Chicago Lawn home
Posted inNews & Politics

No money for treating the traumatized

by Steve Bogira October 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Safe Start helped Veronica Coney’s family cope with repeated exposures to violence. Why can’t more families get such help?

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Affordable Medical Care

by Steve Bogira June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A clinic filling the post-Obamacare pockets of need

Posted inBlogs

Should we be giddy about our cities when so many are suffering in them?

by Steve Bogira August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

A “metropolitan revolution” is needed, but it’s a little early to be rejoicing.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Community Organization

by Steve Bogira June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

With its assistance, 500 families have saved their homes, and a present campaign aspires to help people reclaim some of the neighborhood’s many vacant properties.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley’s TIF Game

by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky May 20, 2010August 19, 2021

The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they’re really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward

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