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Chinatown

Posted inBusiness

In The Pandemic, Chinatown Restaurants Have Struggled—And Adapted

by Elisa Xu June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

s a kid, Spencer Ng worked many roles at Triple Crown, a Chinatown dim sum restaurant his mother founded in 1995. Busboy, waiter, dishwasher—anything related to the restaurant, he did it. During the Great Recession in 2008, Ng’s mother lost more than half of the nine restaurants she owned in Chicagoland. Her mental health suffered and […]

Posted inCulture

Fear and Disconnection Mask Common Interests Among Asian and Black Communities

by Wendy Wei January 27, 2022February 15, 2022
Posted inBest of the South Side 2021

Best of Chinatown 2021

by Madeleine Parrish September 16, 2021September 17, 2021
Posted inLatest

Vaccinating Chicago’s Asian Communities

by Mallory Cheng and Linghua (Lily) Qi April 28, 2021May 3, 2021
Public Meetings Report. Illustration by Holley Appold/South Side Weekly
Posted inNeighborhood

Public Meetings Report – April 15, 2021

by Olivia Stovicek and Jacqueline Serrato April 14, 2021June 26, 2021
Archer Courts Apartments Chinatown. Photo Credit: Sarah Derer
Posted inHousing Issue 2021

The Displacement of Chinatown’s Low-Income Residents is Aggravated by COVID-19

by Yilun Cheng February 3, 2021May 6, 2021
Taurus Flavors. Illustration Credit: Lily Cozzens
Posted inArcher Heights

Best of the South Side In Memoriam 2020

by Dixon Galvez-Searle, Rovetta McKinney, Sam Stecklow, AV Benford, Francesca Mathewes, Rob Bitunjac, Jacqueline Serrato and Francisco Ramírez Pinedo November 27, 2020November 29, 2020
Pui Tak Center. Photo Credit: Sarah Joyce
Posted inBest of the South Side 2020

Best of Chinatown 2020

by Tammy Xu November 27, 2020December 4, 2020
Posted inEn español

¿Qué pasa en los distritos? La respuesta de los concejales al coronavirus

by Martha Bayne, Jim Daley, Jacqueline Serrato, Sam Stecklow and Christian Belanger May 8, 2020September 21, 2020
Posted inAuburn Gresham

What’s Happening in the Wards? Aldermanic Response to COVID-19

by Martha Bayne, Jim Daley, Jacqueline Serrato, Sam Stecklow and Christian Belanger April 28, 2020May 15, 2020

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