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2. Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District - Wikipedia

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   The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois . The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...

3. Wabash Avenue YMCA - Wikipedia

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   April 30, 1986. Designated CL. September 9, 1998. Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and it also provided housing ...

4. 'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery ...

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   Chicago is exploring the idea of creating a city-owned grocery store to address food inequity after several grocery giants, including Walmart and Whole Foods, have shuttered stores in the city.

5. Grand Boulevard, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Grand Boulevard, Chicago. /  41.8100°N 87.6200°W  / 41.8100; -87.6200. Grand Boulevard on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's Community Areas. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The area is bounded by 39th to the north, 51st Street to the south, Cottage Grove Avenue to ...

6. Douglas, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Bronzeville community features in various literary works set in Chicago, including Richard Wright's Native Son, Gwendolyn Brooks' A Street in Bronzeville, Lorraine Hansberry's stage play A Raisin the Sun, Leon Forrest's There is a Tree More Ancient than Eden [The Bloodworth Trilogy], Bayo Ojikutu's crime novel 47th Street Black, and Sara ...

7. 35th Street station - Wikipedia

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   Jones/Bronzeville, [3] also known as 35th Street, is a station on Metra 's Rock Island District line. It is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was named in honor of Lovana Jones who was an Illinois State Representative in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Metra began construction on the new station in ...