A drive on the South Side of Chicago reveals not only a rich history, but at times, a troubling one. Many of the neighborhoods here suffered disproportionately from the so-called War on Drugs—where high rates of incarceration leveled communities and shattered families. Decades later, the So...
West EnglewoodBranch Continues the Bank’s Expansion into LMI Neighborhoods CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2024-- Fifth Third broke ground yesterday on a new financial center in theWest Englewoodneighborhood on the storiedSouth SideofChicago, one of five centers the Bank is opening in a...
SMALL M. L., 2007, Is There Such a Thing as "The Ghetto": The Perils of Assuming that the South Side of Chicago Represents Poor Black Neighborhoods. City 11: 413-21.Smalls, Mario Luis. 2007 "Is There Such a Thing as `The Ghetto'? The Perils of Assuming that the South Side of ...
Baron will open his restaurant in the fall of 2021 on the South Side of Chicago adjacent to the recently opened Pullman National Monument, where he hopes he can contribute to the resurgence and economic growth of this once booming neighborhood. ...
CHICAGO (CBS)— Chicago police are warning residents on the city's South Side about a series of sidewalk armed robberies this month. At least five incidents occurred in the Douglas and Oakland neighborhoods where thieves walked up to people, pointed a gun, and took off with their property. ...
Hattie Knazze, a lifelong South Side Chicago resident, was taken aback when she opened her latest property tax bill. With a staggering increase of 115%, jumping from $2,262 to over $6,300—Hattie felt overwhelmed about how she would manage to keep her home. ...
The Gold Coast and the Slum: A Sociological Study of Chicago's Near North Side "This is a book about Chicago. It is also, and for that very reason, a book about every other American city which has lived long enough and grown large enough to experience the transformation of neighborhoods ...
The South Side of Chicago’s once proud industrial communities fell onto hard times during the 1970s and 1980s, changing from thriving working class communities to neighborhoods rife with unemployment, poverty, drugs and gang violence. Despite this adversity, many residents hold and guard deep feeli...
She says the idea of the exhibit is to shine a light on those who have disappeared from their communities and neighborhoods. "You see their stories throughout this exhibition; some of the artworks were created by artists on the outside, and some were created by people who are incarcerated ...