Best Local Ice Cream, Made With Love Best Revival of a Labor Strike Tactic ullman is a neighborhood undergoing a transformation. What began as an acclaimed planned town built by George Pullman has become an acclaimed model for redevelopment for other neighborhoods. Pullman was praised for establishing a vertically integrated town where many of his […]
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Best of South Chicago 2020
Best Replacement for a Christopher Columbus Statue Best Tucked Away CafĆ© Best Art Space to Rally the Community Best Steel Magnolia Best Youth Organizing In Memoriam: Carlos Rosas of Calumet Fisheries ny time Iām in the Loop or on the North Side, people ask me where Iām from. I tell them South Chicago. Then they […]
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From Bohemia to the Black Arts Movement: Recent Books Explore Art Rooted in Chicagoās Urban Space
n 1967, when Black Power activists occupied part of Washington Park and renamed it āMalcolm X Shabbazz Park,ā artists from the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) were in attendance. They were there not just as fellow activists or to simply lend their techniques to a propaganda stunt. In her book Art for Peopleās Sake: […]
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COVID-19: An Illustrated FAQ
Masks: why they work When you breathe, talk, sing, cough, or sneeze, you release respiratory droplets into the space around you. If youāre infected with COVID-19, even if you donāt have symptoms, you will be releasing droplets with COVID-19. Covering your mouth and nose with a mask reduces the spread of respiratory droplets, which can […]