“Sol is really, truly for everybody,” says owner Simone Freeman.
Tag: gentrification
Posted inFood & Drink
Buena Vista celebrates 15 years in a changing landscape
The family-owned restaurant remains in East Lakeview as the number of Mexican immigrants has gone down and rents have gone up.
Posted inNews & Politics
Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society
Community organizers connect politics with plant care.
Posted inNews & Politics
Five challengers take on 46th Ward alderman Cappleman from the left
Gentrifying Uptown may be ready for the return of Helen Shiller’s spirit.
Posted inNews & Politics
Different planets
A tale of two endorsement sessions—the Tribune v. the Grassroots Collaborative
Posted inNews & Politics
No more Joe Moore? The 49th Ward prepares to vote . . . or not
In what could be the 28-year incumbent’s toughest race yet, a changing Rogers Park considers another option.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
What a long, strange trip it’s been
The year in review in federal—and local—transportation news.
Posted inBlogs
Landlords for rent control? You heard that right
Little Village property owners are seeing benefits in a new proposed state senate bill.
Posted inArts & Culture
Humboldt Park is changing, but it’s Not for Sale
UrbanTheater Company’s production uses humor and empathy to offer a range of perspectives on gentrification.
Posted inNews & Politics
Once a street gang, then a political collective, the Young Lords celebrate 50 years with a symposium at DePaul
“We’re not from Humboldt Park or Lincoln Park, we’re Puerto Ricans.”
Posted inArts & Culture
Jessica Hopper’s memoir Night Moves pays homage to a bygone era in Chicago—the aughts
On being young, ambitious, and falling in love with the city, block by block, on a bicycle.
Posted inArts & Culture
Court Theatre’s Radio Golf makes a rousing conclusion to August Wilson’s ‘Century Cycle’
It’s a nail-biting mayoral race—in Pittsburgh.
Posted inNews & Politics
CPS closed Stewart Elementary School in 2013. Now it’s a luxury apartment building.
A former student goes back to visit.
Posted inArts & Culture
The roving live talk show The Hoodoisie makes radical politics entertaining and accessible
If the world can be saved, host Ricardo Gamboa believes it will be through open dialogue and dirty jokes.
Posted inBlogs
Is Logan Square’s graffiti permission wall in danger?
For roughly five years graffiti artists have brightened up an ignored section of Logan Square just off the Blue Line, but part of the property is now up for sale.