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Bleader
, Jan 10, 2013
A greener Chicago would be a safer Chicago
Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
by Steve Bogira
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, Dec 20, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist
"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
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, Nov 20, 2012
"The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation" considers public housing as artistic training ground
A National Public Housing Museum exhibit about the stars who came out of places like Cabrini-Green
by Sam Worley
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Bleader
, Oct 16, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part five of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part five of five
by Mick Dumke
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, Oct 15, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part four of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part four of five
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 14, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part three of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part three of five
by Mick Dumke
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Oct 13, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part two of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part two of five
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 12, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part one of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, Oct 11, 2012
Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
by Steve Bogira
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Music
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Music Feature
, Aug 15, 2012
Audio
Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
by Leor Galil
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Chance the Rapper
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Feature
, Jan 19, 2012
The making of an alderman
Anyone who really wants to understand how Chicago works needs to understand Walter Burnett Jr.
by Mick Dumke
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, Aug 4, 2011
Video
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
at the Siskel
A new documentary examines St. Louis's bygone Pruitt-Igoe housing projects.
by Sam Worley
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History
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Ben Weese
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Blogs
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Bleader
, May 3, 2011
Cabrini-Green's Next Tenant: Target?
by Alex Parker
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Bleader
, Mar 28, 2011
In Your Morning Newsfeed: Sex & Booze at the Forest Preserve, Superman in Chicago, An Escaped Cobra, and More
by Alex Parker
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Galleries & Museums
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Art Feature
, Mar 24, 2011
As the Walls Come Down
Artist Jan Tichy plans to memorialize Cabrini-Green as it falls.
by Brian Costello
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Bleader
, Mar 23, 2011
In Your Morning Newsfeed: Cabrini's Art Project, Pain at the Pump, Unsafe Bridges, Steven Segal: Badass, and More
by Alex Parker
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, Dec 30, 2010
1,000 Words
The
Reader
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Brian Bonenberger
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Transformers 3
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Columbus Drive Bridge
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Patrick O'Neil
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Robert Boake
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Chicago Air & Water Show
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David Schalliol
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Jeffery Johnson
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Crown Fountain
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Millennium Park
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Ian Bul-lalayao
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Art Institute Modern Wing
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Meera Lee Sethi
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Promontory Point
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John Curtis
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Naper Settlement
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Erin Nekervis
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Jewel-Osco
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David Adler
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Chiditarod
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Robbie Conaway
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No Pants Subway Ride
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Nov 16, 2009
Econ Roundup: More Bad News
by Whet Moser
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Greg Mankiw
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The Arts
, Sep 24, 2009
They Didn't Think of the Children
D. Bradford Hunt's new book on the Chicago Housing Authority attributes the failure of high-rise housing projects to a "concentration of people under 21 years old [that] was unprecedented in the urban experience."
by Deanna Isaacs
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Mar 27, 2009
Walter Payton Prep publishes Cabrini-Green issue
The Walter Payton College Prep student newspaper devotes an issue to the community it borders, Cabrini-Green.
by Michael Miner
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The Pawprint
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