Some Chicago Public Schools, which fell victim to school closures, are being recommended for re-purposing for low income housing; but arguments suggest this plan won’t benefit these…
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The lot across from Velda Brunner’s home on the 300 block of North Lotus Avenue in the Austin neighborhood has been there for years, she…
Hardly a week goes by without a march against gun violence, but the mother of 19-year-old Kevin Ambrose who was shot and killed outside of a…
The Coyote Building, a 12-story tower at the corner of North, Damen and Milwaukee avenues in Wicker Park, is slated for some big changes. Given…
Green Star Movement is a nonprofit arts organization that provides the youth in Chicago with the opportunity to participate in public art projects in the…
Carvell Robinson says he has lived with his parents in Englewood for a year and has grown accustomed to the negative attention the neighborhood receives.…
In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a member of a notorious, Chicago gang, but today he can be heard along the main streets of…
Beyond the school closings, what happens when a school closes and the property must be redeveloped. Will the structures be abandoned? How will the property…