{ s o u t h_s i d e :: chaos makes the muse.
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new city
south chicago
east side
roseland
riverdale

new city :: Back of the Yards is an industrial and residential neighborhood so named because it was near the former Union Stock Yards, which employed thousands of European immigrants in the early 20th century. Life in this neighborhood was explored in Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel The Jungle. The area was formerly part of the town of Lake until it was annexed by Chicago in 1889. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area was occupied largely by Eastern European immigrants and their descendants, who were predominantly ethnic Bohemian, Moravian, and Slovak.[2]
Some time after the 1970s, when the stockyard operations closed and the number of nearby jobs decreased, many people left to move to newer housing and work in the suburbs. The population of the neighborhood gradually reflected a new wave of settlement, predominantly Mexican-American.
The Canaryville neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Chicago and, with neighboring Bridgeport, has a reputation for insularity or hostility to outsiders.
Its population in 2010 was about half the number in 1930. Historically, it has been known as an Irish American neighborhood. The Irish were the first major group of Europeans to immigrate to Chicago in the 19th century and defended their territory here against later arrivals, both Europeans and African Americans who came north in the Great Migration. Its gangs were active in attacks on African Americans in the 1919 Race Riot. Since the late 20th century, Mexican immigrants and their descendants have also moved into the area.[5]

south chicago :: While South Chicago has a sizable African American population, existing ethnic groups continue to have strong community ties in the area. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the oldest parish founded by Mexicans in the City of Chicago. Immaculate Conception, St. Michael's, two churches built in the 'Polish Cathedral style' and later Saint Bronislava have served South Chicago's Polish residents for over 80 years and now have significant sized Latino populations as well. The first Catholic parish established in South Chicago was St. Patrick, which was founded by Irish Catholics.
Much of the business and shopping is done along Commercial Avenue. Several privately owned businesses such as clothing stores, furniture and retail, and beauty salons, can be found along Commercial Avenue. Restaurants from Nigerian to Italian cuisine are found in South Chicago. Despite the slow economy, more "Mom and Pop" stores flourish throughout South Chicago's residential areas, than in any other neighborhood. East 83rd Street, East 87th Street and south along Commercial Avenue to East 95th Street have attracted corporations, businesses and new banks into the community. Commercial Avenue is also home to many non-profit organizations including Healthy South Chicago, the Alianza Leadership Institute, Centro Comunitario Juan Diego, El Valor, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos, and SEDCOM.

roseland :: Autrefois lieu d'immigration hollandaise, il est devenu un ghetto noir au xxe siècle. Sa population est d'environ 135 000 habitants1. Plusieurs actions entreprises par les associations locales comme Developing Communities Project et par la municipalité de Chicago ont amélioré les conditions de vie et le logement, à partir des années 19801. Cependant, le taux de chômage atteint 40 %2. La criminalité est toujours présente, notamment sur la 100e Rue surnommée « Murder Row ». Le quartier de Fernwood se trouve dans ce secteur.
Roseland has yet to recover from the effects of those decades of economic decline. The evolution and growing influence of community organizations, however, offer the possibility that Roseland might come to share in Chicago's new prosperity.
Roseland is a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois with a population of 42,433. Roseland is in Cook County. Living in Roseland offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Roseland there are a lot of parks. Many young professionals live in Roseland and residents tend to be liberal.
This neighborhood still remains as one of the hardest and most violent neighborhoods of Chicago.  Roseland is also considered one of the deadliest communities in the city.

east side :: Many of the neighborhood's residents in this period were families of Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian heritage, who had emigrated from Europe to work in the steel mills and take related jobs. Especially after unionization, the neighborhood became a stronghold of the Chicago Democratic Party machine of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The neighborhood's longtime alderman, Edward Vrdolyak, became a noted Chicago "power broker" after the senior Daley's death. Today, the area is largely Hispanic.
In the 1950s, East Side was divided in two by the Chicago Skyway. The riverside steel mills and heavy industries went into serious decline between the 1970s and the 2000s, and are no longer the mainstay of the neighborhood.[3].
The decline of the Chicago steel industry had profound effects on the East Side community. Calumet-area steel producers suffered greatly from depressed economic conditions and international competition. Republic Steel dismissed half its employees in the 1980s. In 1984, the company merged with Jones and Laughlin to form LTV Steel, becoming the country's second largest steel producer, but in 1986 LTV declared bankruptcy, closing operations in Chicago. Layoffs reverberated throughout the East Side, decimating the local economy. The population dropped by several thousand between 1970 and 1980. In 1982, the area became an official “enterprise zone,” part of the city's effort to revitalize the local economy. These efforts have not proved very successful. Two decades later, the East Side remained an embattled and struggling community, attempting to recreate its sense of cohesion. In 2000 the Ford Motor Company announced plans to expand onto the site of the former Republic Steel.

riverdale :: Currently, the area has the highest "hardship index" of any Chicago community area.[8] In the late 1970s factories began closing down and others began mass layoffs in the area which economically devastated Riverdale, and by the year 1980 Sherwin Williams closed down their factory and a year later Pullman Car Factory closed its doors which resulted in thousands of layoffs in Riverdale as the neighborhood sunk into an economic depression, then to add insult to injury the closed down Sherwin Williams plant was left with pollution run off from the paint chemicals that poisoned Riverdale which led to a law suit in 1993.
The Riverdale neighborhood has been voted many times to be in the top 10 or even top 5 most dangerous and murderous neighborhoods in Chicago. Riverdale is also a part of the “Wild 100s” which is an area that encompasses three other neighboring communities.
The Altgeld projects have been renovated in recent years. Riverdale still struggles with high unemployment, poverty, gang violence and deterioration and are one of the hardest neighborhoods in the city and considered one of the most dangerous communities.

{ SOUTH SIDE, r o s e l a n d :: blue neighborhood.


ʻʻ FERNWOOD ’’ — Fernwood lies on the western edge of Roseland, between 99th and 103rd Streets. It was considered an "upscale"[citation needed] neighborhood of Roseland and extended west into the Washington Heights community up to Halsted Street. Sometimes referred to as West Roseland, it was incorporated in 1883. The area was known for a gardenlike parkway between 95th and 103rd Streets along Eggelston that was known as Fernwood Parkway.
The area is noted for one of the worst race riots in Chicago history. In mid August 1947, several black veterans and their families moved into the CHA Fernwood Park Housing Project at 104th and Halsted. Area residents viewed this as one of several attempts by the CHA to initiate racial integration into white communities.[2] A violent mob action resulted which lasted for three days and mobilized over 1,000 law enforcement officers to control.[3]
During the 1950s and 1960s the community witnessed the combined effects of blockbusting by unscrupulous real estate agents and the ensuing white flight resulting in complete ethnic transition. Like the surrounding communities of Roseland and Washington Heights, Fernwood Park remains predominantly African-American.

ʻʻ PRINCETON PARK ’’— Princeton Park is a community of single-family homes built in 1944 and is located in the northwest corner of the Roseland community area in Chicago. Originally, it was a subdivision of low cost multi-family row houses between 91st and 95th streets and Wentworth and Harvard streets. The eastern boundary later extended to State Street (now the Dan Ryan Expressway). This area includes single-family homes, classic bungalows, that were part of the Lilydale community.
The project was the creation of banker/real estate developer Donald O'Toole.[5] The land had previously been used for farming by the primarily Dutch settlers in the Roseland area. In the early 1900s, Roseland transitioned from a farming community to an urban residential neighborhood. As one of the last remaining open spaces it was primed for development. The low cost housing was marketed exclusively to the African-American community making it the first established black community in Roseland. It remains a segregated African-American community today. Once established, Princeton Park was on the leading edge of the ensuing "panic peddling" that engulfed Roseland. Unscrupulous realtors used scare tactics such as blockbusting to frighten and intimidate white residents; churning the real estate market for quick profits. As suburban housing and commuting became more accessible in the 1960s and 1970s, middle class whites left the Roseland area resulting in a total ethnic transformation.

ʻʻ LILYDALE ’’— Lilydale is a small enclave of modest homes in the northwest corner of Roseland. In the 1920s and 1930s the thinly populated area was referred to as little more than a "cabbage patch". It consisted of mostly vacant land between 91st and 95th Streets and between State Street and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad tracks (then, the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad). The 1940s saw a peak in the Second Migration of Black workers from the South seeking jobs and a better life in the industrialized North. Affordable housing for Blacks was limited and generally restricted to the "Black Belt" on the south side of Chicago. Housing shortages grew more severe with the onset of World War II as defense workers moved into the city to aid the war effort.
Lilydale became an attractive area due to its proximity to the steel mills and other defense industries on the south side. It was centrally located and convenient to railroads and streetcars. Beginning in 1942, Black contractors Matthew Goodwin and "Duke" Hodges began building simple, low cost single family homes and duplexes for a growing working-class black neighborhood.[4] To Black trades workers, Lilydale represented an all-too-rare opportunity to use their skills and help resolve their own housing problem. While the homes were modest, they were made of brick and many still stand today. They were originally intended to be rented to defense workers and sold to veterans after the War. The homes were dramatically more affordable than similar homes in the area making them attractive to workers and veterans alike.
Today, only about 12 city blocks remain of the original settlement and the area is generally referred to as a part of Princeton Park.

ʻʻ ROSEMOOR ’’ — Homes in this community include both single-family homes and attached homes and are usually in the bungalow or cape cod style. They were built between 1885 and 1999. These homes offer 2 to 5 bedrooms and 1 bath to 3 bathrooms. Residences range in size from 828 to 3100 square feet in living space. Prices of homes for sale in Rosemoor currently range from $0 to $229,900.read less  

ʻʻ SHELDON HEIGHTS & WEST ROSELAND ’’—

ʻʻ FERNWOOD ’’ — fernwood est le quartier commerçant de roseland. il est réputé pour sa grande avenue marchande mais aussi pour ses nombreuses églises de différentes confession que l'on peut croiser dans chacune des rues. plus paisible que les autres secteurs, la mauvaise réputation de roseland permet tout de fois de trouver des logements abordables, c'est donc là que vive les personnes ayant peu de moyen mais assez pour s'offrir un logement correcte.  
// SOUTH HALSTED SAINT :: avenue principale, connue pour ses nombreuses églises entourées par toutes sortes de fast-food. KFC, subway et diverses pizzeria cotoient les croyants et il n'est pas rare de voir des religieuses se laisser tenter par de la malbouffe.
// WEST 103 ROAD STREET :: avenue commerciale rejoignant south halsted saint, elle est très fréquentée les week-ends et en période de fête. Les nombreux magasins occupant la rue vous assure de trouver tout ce dont vous aurez besoin, allant de la nourriture, aux appareils électroniques ou encore même des vêtements.  
// ROSELAND WILLAGE APARTEMENTS :: ces appartements sont particulièrement prisés par les revenus les plus élevés du quartier mais restant tout de fois trop modeste pour se loger plus au nord de chicago. on y retrouve donc des familles dont les deux parents travaillent, mais aussi les étudiants ayant de quoi s'offrir un studio correcte. ces immeubles sont majoritairement habités par les blancs.
:: SEBY MEDICAL CENTER :: en partenariat avec The University Of Chicago’s Medical Center, le Seby Medical Center est l’hôpital le plus fréquenté par les habitants du quartier. les avis sont pourtant partagé, manque de personnels, manque de moyen, les urgences sont toujours remplis et pour des soins plus spécifique, c'est dans un hopital du centre qu'il faudra se rendre.  

ʻʻ PRINCETON PARK ’’ —
ʻʻ LILYDALE ’’ —

ʻʻ ROSEMOOR ’’ —
// METRA ELECTRIC DISTRICT :: la ligne de métro qui connecte le quartier de roseland aux lignes menants aux centres villes. c'est le moyen le plus commun pour se déplacer vers le centre de chicago. très fréquenté le matin par les travailleurs, elle l'est tout autant la nuit par des bandes de jeunes liés aux différents traffics. si elle est très utile pour la population, les habitants évitent tout de fois de rester trop près des stations.

ʻʻ SHELDON HEIGHTS & WEST ROSELAND ’’— proche du quartier mexicain (?)
// ANGUS BREWERY :: bar
// FRIJOLES PICANTE :: restaurant mexicain
// PALMER PARK :: parc
// SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH :: église
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Fernwood se situe à l'ouest de Roseland et est considéré comme la zone "huppé" du quartier. Historiquement, Fernwood est connu pour ses émeutes de août 1947, considérées comme les pires émeutes raciales de l'histoire de Chicago. Plusieurs anciens combattants noirs et leurs familles ont mis en place le projet de logement de l'ACH au Fernwood Park afin d'initier l'intégration raciale dans les communautés blanches. Bien que le projet ne soit pas considéré comme une réussite, c'est ici que se trouve la plus forte concentration de blanc, bien que le secteur reste principalement afro-américain. Aujourd'hui, Fernwood est réputé pour sa grande avenue marchande mais aussi pour ses nombreuses églises de différentes confession que l'on peut croiser dans chacune des rues.