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I Mean, I Guess People Are Leaving Chicago?
20 Apr 2023

I Mean, I Guess People Are Leaving Chicago?

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Chicago, Commentary, My 2¢ | 0

when those of you who don’t live in the city, start telling me how it’s dying and nobody wants to live here. I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

Bronzeville, Chicago, houseing, South side
Ten Years Gone – Stateway Gardens & Robert Taylor Homes – CHA Deomlition
25 Jan 2017

Ten Years Gone – Stateway Gardens & Robert Taylor Homes – CHA Deomlition

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback, My 2¢, Photojournalism | 0

Ten years ago this April I took these photo as the last of the Robert Taylor/Stateway Garden housing complexes were taken down at about 38th & State St. If you look closely you can see Comiskey Park in the background … Continued

Bronzeville, CHA, Chicago, poverty, projects, Robert Taylor, southside, Stateway Gardens

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