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4800 S Drexel Boulevard. Photo by Jason Schumer.
Posted inHousing

What’s to Come for the 4800 Block of South Drexel Boulevard?

by Emeline Posner May 18, 2023May 23, 2023

With one co-op sold and the neighboring townhome association in the city’s Troubled Building Initiative, the block is an example of the limited options available to members of the city’s collectively owned housing

Obama Presidential Center. Photo by Max Blaisdell
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Will Community Benefits Extend Past Woodlawn?

by Max Blaisdell March 21, 2023March 28, 2023
Tudor Gables in March 2023. Visual by Jason Schumer and Lilly Astrow.
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The Multi-Million-Dollar Corporation

by Emeline Posner February 25, 2023March 5, 2023
Kimberly Turner and her grandmother, Marion Turner, at the Woolman-Washington housing cooperative, where they both live in separate apartments. Marion, 93, was a part of the original cohort that started the cooperative in the early 1980s. (Photo:Grace Del Vecchio/City Bureau)
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Affordable Housing Advocates Push for Co-Ops

by Grace Del Vecchio, Sonal Soni and City Bureau January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
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As Investors Buy More Homes Around the Obama Presidential Center Gentrification Worries Soar

by Manny Ramos and Illinois Answers Project January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
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The Castle on Drexel

by Emeline Posner January 12, 2023April 18, 2023
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The Joy and Struggles of Building a Housing Co-op

by Annabel Rocha, Jhaylin Benson, Jerrel Floyd and City Bureau December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
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Centering Community by Recalling the Past

by David Zegeye October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Posted inHousing

Returning Citizens Still Face Barriers Despite Protective Policies

by Kelli Duncan October 10, 2022October 13, 2022
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Tenants Going Through “Hell” at 312 Properties

by Emeline Posner July 27, 2022August 17, 2022

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