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Tag: neighborhood revitalization

Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives

Thirty-five years ago, Harold Washington changed what Chicago’s mayor could be

by Alton Miller May 2, 2018May 1, 2018

When he started his first term in 1983, the city’s first black mayor brought a new approach to governing by refusing to play the boss.

Posted inEducation, Government and Politics, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

School closing and opening pattern shows Chicago doesn’t have a plan

by Curtis Black November 30, 2017March 1, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development

Obama library heightens debate over promise and peril of development

by Curtis Lawrence November 8, 2017December 19, 2017
Posted inEducation

Closed schools could remain vacant without public subsidy

by Kalyn Belsha July 24, 2017October 12, 2017
Posted inEducation

What happened to the closed school in your neighborhood?

by Kalyn Belsha and Matt Kiefer February 12, 2017October 18, 2018
Posted inEducation

As closed schools go up for sale, transparency issues persist

by Kalyn Belsha February 2, 2017February 9, 2017
Posted inEducation

In Kansas City, a lesson in transforming closed schools

by Kalyn Belsha January 24, 2017May 22, 2018
Posted inEducation

Behind sale of closed schools, a legacy of segregation

by Kalyn Belsha January 13, 2017May 11, 2018
Posted inTransportation

Red Line extension aims to improve transit and development on the Far South Side

by La Risa Lynch October 31, 2016January 31, 2018
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Demand for community control of police oversight isn’t going away

by Curtis Black October 6, 2016May 15, 2017

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