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A large number of those Irish-Americans who received the scrip used it to purchase canal-owned land at the northern end of the canal where it meets the south branch of the Chicago River. The original Bridgeport village, named "Hardscrabble", was centered around what is now the section of Throop Street north of 31st Street. [6]
It shouldn't surprise you that their perception of Chicago is one of a lawless, siren-wailing war zone where Al Capone roams the streets and machine gun battles rattle the night. "Al Capone. Bang!
The Bridgeport News is an American weekly community, non-partisan independent newspaper that serves the Chicago neighborhoods of Bridgeport, Canaryville, Armour Square, Chinatown, McKinley Park and Dearborn Park. The paper functions largely as a community news/announcements publication with numerous classified and display advertisements.
President-elect Donald Trump's border czar said the incoming administration is now "reviewing" whether to launch removal operations in Chicago after a series of news reports in recent days ...
Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
Chicago is one of several big American cities grappling with a surge of migrants. The Republican governor of Texas has been sending them by the busload to highlight his grievances with the Biden ...
The 69-acre (280,000 m 2) park now boasts a swimming pool and ice-skating rink. It is the area's showplace and led to the naming of the entire community. After years of declining populations, during the 1990s the population grew from 13,297 to 15,962, with Mexicans joining the ethnic mix. Well-kept two and four-flat buildings dominate the ...
Gentrification, the process of altering the demographic and socioeconomic composition of a neighborhood usually by decreasing the percentage of low-income minority residents and increasing the percentage higher-income residents, [1] has been an issue between the residents of minority neighborhoods in Chicago who believe the influx of new residents destabilizes their communities, and the ...