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September, 2007
Jornell Holley's apartment has been without heat for more than a year, since health problems and surging prices left her with an $836 gas bill. (Photo by Jean Clough)
Jornell Holley has been without heat for a year now. One day late last fall, she came home from work to find the gas in her apartment had been cut off. Although discovering the apartment cold was initially a shock, she realized it...
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September, 2007
Timuel Black is a busy man. Though he officially retired from teaching 15 years ago, Black, 85, continues to lead and mentor others. He serves as a board member for organizations such as the Grand Boulevard Federation, the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and the League of Women Voters. And, as one of the most respected authorities on black Chicago, he devotes much of his time to...
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October, 2007
The rapid growth of condominiums and townhouses in Woodlawn have sparked fears that the neighborhood's poorest residents will be driven out by condo conversions and rising rents due to inflating real estate values. Between 2000 and 2004, the number of single- family attached units sold in Woodlawn tripled. While the sale of traditional single-family detached homes did not increase as sharply, the...
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September, 2007
Tracey Redmond (top) points to his house, which sits across an alley from the plot of land he works with his wife, LaDonna (left). (Photo by Louis Byrd III)
Tracey and LaDonna Redmond slowly take in a hot, sunny weekday on their farm–"a plot of land, 150 feet by 300 feet, at 4429 W. Fulton Ave. in the West Side community of West Garfield Park, where every couple of minutes the Green Line...
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September, 2007
Deborah Smith moved to Hoffman Estates 11 years ago. The northwest suburb has grown increasingly diverse over the last 10 years, but about a third of its minority residents live in a single census tract. (Photo by Richard Stromberg)
Bill Brough had dreams of a country retreat near wildlife, wooded areas and small lakes far away from the hustle and bustle of city life. In 1955, he purchased 45...
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September, 2007
From 1980 to 2000, the Native American population in Uptown fell more than 60 percent, while areas like South Lawndale and Belmont Cragin have gained Native American residents.
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September, 2007
Ernestine Jackson thought at first that the January chill invading her Englewood apartment was temporary.
She bought two electric heaters. She burned her stove for extra warmth, and boiled water for baths. She wore layers and layers of clothes at all times.
But finally, as cold days turned into even colder nights, Jackson got frustrated. To make matters worse, she discovered she could...
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September, 2007
Tax scavenger Tony Bryant tops a list of the owners and management companies with chronic building court violations, according to The Chicago Reporter's analysis of Cook County Circuit Court records.
In the past five years, Bryant has been listed as a defendant in 106 housing court cases–"more than twice as many as the number two name on the list. In Chicago, city attorneys take landlords...
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September, 2007
Since 1997, 10 owners have been named as defendants in at least 20 different cases involving buildings with code violations in Cook County. Most of these buildings are located o |
