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Chicago Gentrification

"No Games Chicago" Hosts Olympic Sceptic At Public Forum

Tom Tresser | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago

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Tom Tresser

Chicagoans can look forward to massive city debt, destruction of public parks, insider deals and a full frontal assault on civil liberties if we are awarded the 2016 Olympic Games.

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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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Hyde Park Debates Obama Effect

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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Hyde Park, a neighborhood that sets itself studiously apart, soon will be shoved into the international spotlight. With local resident Barack Obama h...

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No Style Like The Old Style

Ted Goeglein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

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Ted Goeglein

It has been said (ad nauseum) that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, which sounds pretty cozy and quilt-like until you examine what that means.

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Of No Fixed Address: Class Warfare

Christopher Devine | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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Christopher Devine

'On the streets, it's what you need. It's not what you want.'

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The Greening Of Logan Square

Gapers Block | Brienne Callahan | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Rey Colon, Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, Logan Square Neighborhood, Logan Square Politics, Illinois State Legislature, Dunlay's on the Square, Toni Berrios, Logan Square, Illinois 39th, Joe Berrios, Chicago Gentrification, Jeremy Karpen, Logan Square Gentrification, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago News

John Alexander Logan entered public life after his election to the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1852. Like all good Chicago politicians,...

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