Walking down South Prairie Avenue, tourists and locals used to be surrounded with a peaceful silence as they gazed at the area’s historic homes. Today,…
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Doors boarded up with plywood, stamped with graffiti and gang signs. Porches clinging to the front of houses by duct tape and metal chains. Bent…
“Nothing about us, without us!” This is what members of the Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing chanted during their press conference Wednesday morning at…
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…
Although the Chicago City Council met for the first time Wednesday since July 30, most of the action occurred outside the chamber before the meeting…
Small town photographer Jeff Konkel, 20, lives in Woodridge, almost 30 miles west from downtown Chicago. In his village of 33,000, the gay community is…
Ever have those days when the last thing you want to do is get out of bed? Whether it’s because of a stressful work day…
Three may be the charm for developer Chris Fifield, who is sending his third proposal for a Chicago Avenue building to the East Village Association and…