Community Matters/Chicagoland

11/06/2024

nternationally acclaimed artist Gerald Williams lives and works in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, where he grew up and returned in 2016. He has strong opinions about his beloved neighborhood and the major facelift it’s going through, with the Obama Center expected to open in 2026. Mr. Williams is a founding member of AfriCOBRA, one of the most distinctive and influential art movements of the 20th Century.

11/06/2024

Internationally acclaimed artist Gerald Williams lives and works in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, where he grew up and returned in 2016. He has strong opinions about his beloved neighborhood and the major facelift it’s going through, with the Obama Center expected to open in 2026. Mr. Williams is a founding member of AfriCOBRA, one of the most distinctive and influential art movements of the 20th Century.

09/04/2024

Netflix’s Deliverence is a good movie.

08/30/2024

Before former President Obama selected Chicago's south side neighborhood of Woodlawn as the location to build his Presidential Center, many residents tried to improve the neighborhood in any way they could. This is the story of one such resident who used his skills and talents to improve the neighborhood.

Over the next few years the neighborhood of Woodlawn on Chicago's south side is expected to flourish mainly due to the opening of the Obama Presidential Cent...

08/30/2024

03/15/2024

good to know

Street grid map for Chicago. Armitage is 2000 N, Diversey is 2800 N, and Addison is 3600 N.

An address that ends in an even number is on the north side of an East to West street, and an address that ends in an even number is on the west side of the street on an North to South street. Addresses that end in an odd number are on the south or east side of a street.

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11/19/2023

Today is a beautiful day for a Sunday walk; the sun was shinning and the sky was blue. The temperature was just right for a stroll in the park. As we were walking toward the lake at 63rd and DuSable Lake Shore Dr, we notice the basketball courts were painted in blue and gold. I said to myself, "those aren't Chicago Bulls colors" of red and black. Why are the Lakers colors on the courts in a Chicago park. Upon further investigation, we saw that the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation of the late Kobe and his daughter Gianna, who both died in a tragic helicopter accident a few years back, obviously had donated the Kobe & Gianna Bryant basketball courts to Chicago.

07/12/2023

It’s coming, already signs are up along the Lake Front bike trail,

05/13/2023

https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/city-chooses-affordable-housing-developer-for-vacant-63rd-street-lots/article_6ea4f632-f0ed-11ed-900d-7fbe2fb49981.html?utm_source=hpherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Flists%2Fevening-digest%2F%3F-dc%3D1683936024&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline

City officials have chosen a $48.4 million mixed-income development from a team of affordable housing developers to fill several vacant lots along 63rd Street.