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An Olympic Guarantee You Can Count On

Alden Loury | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago

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Alden Loury

Olympics have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, especially minorities and the poor. With or without the Games, we're witnessing the clearing of two miles of lakefront property.

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Olympics Bid Met With Suspicion In Bronzeville

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago

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Ever since they got a whiff of proposed plans to turn their Chicago neighborhoods into ground zero for the 2016 Olympics, many South Side residents ha...

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Bronzeville Residents Take Housing Crusade To Mayor Daley's Home

Chi-Town Daily News | Adrian G. Uribarri | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

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More than 40 Bronzeville residents packed into a schoolbus last night to visit Mayor Richard M. Daley's house, demanding that city officials approve 5...

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Chicago Defender Moving Back To Bronzeville

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Defender has announced it is leaving its Michigan Avenue offices, where it has been for the past three years, and returning to its South S...

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Bronzeville Getting New Supermarket, Relief For 'Food Desert'

Chi-Town Daily News | LINDSEY REISER AND LEAH WESTFALL | Posted 04.05.2009 | Chicago

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{P]arts of the South Side, including Bronzeville, have been labeled "food deserts" because of the lack of supermarkets and other food sources. But t...

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Bronzeville Residents Wary Of Olympics-Fueled Gentrification

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago

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As the city of Chicago continues its quest to land the 2016 Olympics, many who've worked hard to rejuvenate the Bronzeville community into a hub of Af...

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Bronzeville Votes For Middle Class Housing

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Voters in Bronzeville overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would set aside a portion of vacant lots in the community for middle-income housin...

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Bronzeville Pushes City On Affordable Housing

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Residents in one Chicago neighborhood are trying to force the city's hand in providing affordable housing. And they've got their plan on the ballot ne...

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