Obama Kenwood

Obama's Chicago Home Losing Police Protection

Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago


The Chicago Police Department is pulling its overtime detail that guards President Barack Obama's Kenwood home on Oct. 1, department officials announc...

Protecting President Obama's Chicago Home Costs City At Least $2.2 Million

Chicago Tribune | Annie Sweeney | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago


The Chicago Police Department has spent at least $2.2 million to secure President Barack Obama's Kenwood residence since he was elected in November, a...

Judge Mugged Near Obama's Home

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago


The night before Election Day, a Cook County judge was mugged just blocks from Barack Obama's home in the Kenwood neighborhood. Judge Eileen Brewer, ...

Real Estate Spotlight On Obama's Neighborhood

Sara Bonert | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


Sara Bonert

Among all the negative news you have heard about the real estate market lately, home values have actually increased in Kenwood by 13.7% over the last year, with the average home in the neighborhood having a value of approximately $320,000.

Man Arrested For Approaching Obama's Home

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


The 31-year-old grandson of late Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke was arrested today after an officer found a handgun in a vehicle he parked...

Obama's South Side Home: A Timeline

Zillow | Diane Tuman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago


Soon after Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, the up-and-coming junior senator from Illinois, purchased his Georgian revival mansion on the...

Security Increased At Obama's Home

Chicago Tribune | Deanese Williams-Harris and Steve Schmadeke | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago


As the U.S. Secret Service steps up security for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, parking restrictions in the area around his South Side...