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Spencer McAvoy

Posted inFar Southwest Side, Features, Housing

Lost in the Shuffle

by Spencer McAvoy January 8, 2014November 16, 2021

Just south of Lake Calumet, about halfway between the Loop and the smokestacks of Gary, Indiana, sits Altgeld Gardens. A low-rise public housing development with just over 3,000 residents, the neighborhood looks more like a suburban residential community than like the massive high-rises that dominate the narrative of Chicago public housing.

Posted inHyde Park, Stage & Screen

A Poet’s Odyssey

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