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Ghetto Life 101 is a 30-minute radio broadcast documentary exploring the lives of residents of the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was created by teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman and produced by David Isay for National Public Radio. The broadcast garnered international acclaim and won several awards.
Cash for Chicago Houses: Buying throughout Chicago and the surrounding area, this firm operates in much the same way and is run by a lifelong Chicago native who also coaches local high school ...
The Southeast side of Chicago officially begins East of State Street going southwards. It extends south and east to the city limits, generally keeping between Lake Michigan and Lake Calumet . [ 1 ] Politically, the Southeast side is contiguous with the 10th Ward.
Legacy is a 2000 American documentary film directed by Tod Lending. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [2] The film tracks three different generations (over five years) of a family in Chicago that lives in the Henry Horner Homes public housing. Their lives change, however, after a life-altering event - the ...
The Chicago community of South Shore looks different today than when Arlean Pleasant, an 83-year-old resident, was raising her children. The once family-oriented community is now increasingly ...
Public Housing is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman. [3] It records the daily life in the Ida B. Wells public housing development in Chicago, Illinois. [ 4 ]
The plan calls for 13,575 new homes, 17,500,000 square feet (1,630,000 m 2) of retail and other commercial space, a new high school, 1,500-slip marina, 125 acres of public land, lakefront access, new bike paths, and commuter rail and bus service would house 150,000 people. [1] The Chicago Lakeside Development Master Plan will take an estimated ...
The South Chicago neighborhood does, however, contain 4 newly rebuilt Metra Electric Line, South Chicago Branch stations: Cheltenham and East 79th Street, East 83rd Street, 87th Street, and 93rd Street/South Chicago, which terminates in the heart of the neighborhood's business district along South Baltimore Avenue, and is the community's most ...