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The Once and Future Green Line
The story of Chicago’s Oldest “L”
Plans to Expand
What the mayor’s plan for more pre-K means locally
“If we want to continue making progress, we have to start in the earliest years of a child’s life,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel pronounced emphatically before a packed chamber on October 15, as part of the education component of his 2015 Budget Address to the City Council.
Father Nevins of Santa Inés de Bohemia
The Little Village pastor on his experiences with the Latino community
The identity of Little Village has undergone periods of subtle transformation, as the neighborhood has shifted from being defined by Irish, Eastern-European, Polish, to Mexican immigrants.
Opting Out
CPS parents and teachers resist high-stakes standardized tests
Two years ago, Joy Clendenning, a Hyde Park mother of three CPS students, was walking her kids home after school when one of them broke down in tears.
There Is No Down
Playing “Relativity” with developer Willy Chyr
There Is No Down
Playing “Relativity” with developer Willy Chyr
Don’t Be Misled
“Perception/Reality” at Blanc Gallery
WHPK Veteran: Track Master Scott
“Listen, I promote me before I promote anybody else, that’s mandatory. If I’m spinning with these cats, I’m still gonna promote me.”
Growing Up In Englewood
Elaine Hegwood Bowen reflects on Englewood in the fifties, sixties, and seventies in her new book
1964 Red Buick
It’s 1965, and it’s time again for my father to purchase an almost-new car. My father walks less than a mile from our home to Crown Buick Co. at 63rd Street and Throop and buys a fire engine red Buick Riviera.
The Camera Man
Michael Abramson’s photos capture the nightlife of a bygone era
Before his death, one might have reasonably referred to Michael Abramson as a “celebrity portrait photographer,” although this wouldn’t have been strictly true.
