The story of how the near north side became what it is today.
Tag: urban renewal
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The city gets edgy with a free experimental performance series
The city of Chicago presents the free experimental performance series OnEdge.
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The missing link in the War on Poverty
To better help the urban poor, government must address not just their deprivation but also their segregation.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The developer who’s revolting against Rahm
Only a wealthy businessman stands in the way of the mayor’s $92 million South Loop arena and hotel plan.
Posted inNews & Politics
A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.
Posted inNews & Politics
Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?
A baby is fatally shot in Woodlawn. Police blame gangs—but are they the real culprit?
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Racial integration is possible in Chicago
In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
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“Why are whites afraid of blacks?”
Eighty-six-year-old Geneva Banks talks about her life in the segregated south and the segregated north
Posted inNews & Politics
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Expelled From the Garden
The U. of C. wants to park bulldozers on a Woodlawn community garden, and it won’t take “let’s talk about this” for an answer.
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: The 800-Pound Gargoyle
The University of Chicago may not be the only force that shaped Hyde Park and Kenwood, but it’s the biggest.
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Renewing urban renewal
Urban renewal: “there is no party like the party where you plow it all under.”
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The Plot to Destroy North Kenwood
That’s probably an overstatement. But Mary Bordelon isn’t taking any chances.