For sale: Historic bridge in Jackson Park
There’s a historic bridge for sale in Jackson Park. And it’s not a con game. The Columbia Bridge, widely known as the Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge, is to be rebuilt...
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Chicago Park District shows off three visions for Jackson Park, South Shore Cultural Center
The Chicago Park District on Thursday presented three unique proposals to redevelop Jackson Park and the South Shore Cultural Center as part of its South Lakefront Framework Plan. But while...
Federal review begins for Obama Center, golf course
Before the Obama Presidential Center can be built, the government will review the historic resources in Jackson Park and evaluate the project’s environmental effects, officials said at a Friday morning...
U. of C. statue gives black scholar her place in history
When Georgiana Rose Simpson arrived to the University of Chicago in 1907, her presence in a dorm caused an uproar among some of the other students because she was black,...
South Shore artist sends message with displays on vacant buildings
He calls it his “Drive-By Art gallery.” Sprinkled throughout South Shore, parts of Englewood and Pilsen, Derric Clemmons has installed his colorful, painted placards of African and Mexican symbols on...
At Obama center protest, residents, activists push for community benefits agreement
Saying they want to draw more attention to their push for a contract guaranteeing jobs and amenities as the Obama Presidential Center is developed, dozens of South Side residents marched...
South Side Community Arts Center named National Treasure
In its Bronzeville neighborhood, the South Side Community Arts Center is known as a space that celebrates the fine arts, and it’s recognized as a place where residents learn how...
Michelle Obama: ‘Hope is right in this room’ at Chicago leadership summit
The Obama Presidential Center will be a place where art, music and creativity are celebrated and public art will be made available for residents on the South Side, former first...
Hundreds gather in Chicago for first Obama center leadership summit
They came from eastern Kentucky, Houston and Jakarta, Indonesia, from Bangladesh, Kenya and Mexico. More than 500 people, described as thought leaders and problem solvers who were hand-selected from thousands...
Natalie Saffold, public housing advocate who pushed for ‘right of return,’ dies at 61
For more than a decade, Natalie Saffold was the president of the LeClaire Courts public housing complex on the Southwest Side — a role she took on with serious pride....