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SSW Radio: Lincoln Park’s Gentrification, Jorie Johnson, and More
This week on SSW Radio we talking with a beatmaker, heard from attendees of a public newsroom, and continued our series on WHPK community DJs. At a City Bureau Public Newsroom at Build Coffee in...
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SSW Radio: Lena Waithe Talks The Chi, Personal Histories for Women’s History...
This week on SSW Radio we talked with South Side native Lena Waithe about her show The Chi; checked in on community developments in Woodlawn, South Shore, and Jackson Park; and highlighted the...
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A Mural of Memories
pen Mike Eagle, born and raised in Chicago, moved to Los Angeles after college, and for the most part, he didn’t look back. He joined the hip hop collective Project Blowed, formed the trio Thirsty...
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Best of the Far Southeast Side 2017
Best Tacos on the Beach Best Block Party Best Field Trip Best African & Caribbean Grocery Store here are so many little things that make living in Calumet Heights special, insignificant things...
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Building Blocks
“We were one of the original five black families on the block,” says Handy, who still lives in the family home. In those days, Handy says, “block clubs only did parties,” because “the neighborhood had...
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Lots to Love
$1 lots from Englewood to Pullman The post Lots to Love appeared first on South Side Weekly.
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Pullman Earns National Monument Status
Pullman could finally see the revitalization that preservationists have been working toward for years. The post Pullman Earns National Monument Status appeared first on South Side Weekly.
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Home Histories: Robert Taylor Homes
The location of the homes was no coincidence; in accordance with the laws of the time, the residents of a housing project could not alter the racial makeup of the area. The post Home Histories: Robert...
View ArticleSSW Radio: Lincoln Park’s Gentrification, Jorie Johnson, and More
This week on SSW Radio we talking with a beatmaker, heard from attendees of a public newsroom, and continued our series on WHPK community DJs. At a City Bureau Public Newsroom at Build Coffee in March,...
View ArticleSSW Radio: Lena Waithe Talks The Chi, Personal Histories for Women’s History...
This week on SSW Radio we talked with South Side native Lena Waithe about her show The Chi; checked in on community developments in Woodlawn, South Shore, and Jackson Park; and highlighted the personal...
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Open Mike Eagle, born and raised in Chicago, moved to Los Angeles after college, and for the most part, he didn’t look back. He joined the hip hop collective Project Blowed, formed the trio Thirsty...
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Best of the Far Southeast Side 2017
Best Tacos on the Beach Best Block Party Best Field Trip Best African & Caribbean Grocery Store There are so many little things that make living in Calumet Heights special, insignificant things...
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Building Blocks
In a 2014 column, Mary Schmich of the Tribune called block club signs an “underappreciated art form in Chicago.” These signs, which can be found on residential streets all over the South and West...
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Lots to Love
Applications recently closed for the fourth iteration of the city’s Large Lots program, in which residents of Pullman and Roseland were eligible to purchase over 300 city-owned abandoned lots, each for...
View ArticlePullman Earns National Monument Status
On February 19, President Obama—with Mayor Emanuel at his side—announced the designation of Pullman as a National Monument to a crowd of cheering supporters at Gwendolyn Brooks Preparatory Academy. For...
View ArticleHome Histories: Robert Taylor Homes
In 1995, Henry Cisneros, secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the Clinton administration, called Bronzeville’s Robert Taylor Homes “without question, the worst public housing in America...
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