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 stands 3055 W. 63rd, a formerly abandoned post office that turned 100 years old in 2020. This is the location where Blue Tin Production (a […]
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Posted inMusic
Remember resale shops this Record Store Day
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
Omar Kamran and Justin Clemons hope to grow something beautiful and lasting in their neighborhood.
Posted inNews & Politics
No money for treating the traumatized
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
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?
A “metropolitan revolution” is needed, but it’s a little early to be rejoicing.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Community Organization
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
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