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November 20 2019

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A Sign of Things to Come? / The South Side Isn’t Your Monopoly Board

by South Side Weekly November 19, 2019February 5, 2020

A Sign of Things to Come?  Last week, residents attempting to visit the South Shore Nature Sanctuary were greeted by a chain-link fence that blocked off access to the park. As Block Club Chicago reported, the barriers were a misunderstanding—the crew tearing down the adjacent beach house seems to have hired some overeager fence-builders—but it […]

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Witness to History

by Elise Schimke November 19, 2019February 5, 2020
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Local Agencies Get Failing Grade for Transparency

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Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919

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Scenes from History

by Sydney Lawrence and Antoinette Raggs November 19, 2019February 5, 2020
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Present and Past

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