In years past, U.S. Steel’s South Works plant in South Chicago gushed flame and created…
Tag: Housing
Residents Rally to Save Lathrop Homes
Residents of the Lathrop Homes public housing project ramped up their campaign to save the…
“Blood Alley” Still a Problem in Uptown
Police and business owners in Uptown recently joined forces to develop a strategy to clean…
“Virtual Volunteers” Can Make a Million Dollar Difference for Homeless Youth in Chicago
Teen Living Programs, a Chicago non-profit that provides housing and services to youth who are…
Controversial Development Resurfaces in Ravenswood
A barren Ravenswood parking lot may soon be home to a grocery store, parking garage,…
City Officials Discuss “Plan B” for Site of Planned Olympic Village
As they pick up the pieces of their dashed Olympic dreams, city officials this week…
Eye-Opening Seminar Exposes North Side Gangbanging
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News In a packed auditorium at Swedish Covenant Hospital,…
DePaul Professor: Second Wave of Foreclosures Coming, Need for Affordable Housing Grows
By Dimitrios Kalantzis, Contributing Editor, Lake Effect News Last month the Institute for Housing Studies at…