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Finding the beat of Chicago's Latino quarter

Pilsen's vibrant culture draws new residents and visitors
Via New York Times,
360 Reads | | Post a commentPublished July 1, 2008 - 12:05 AM
Finding the beat of Chicago's Latino quarter
Pilsen, Chicago, Ill. —  

IN a fifth-floor art gallery in Pilsen, Chicago’s fashionable Latino neighborhood, vibrant guitar chords were pouring out an open window on a recent Friday night. Four Latina artists were showing their paintings, and the shoebox of a gallery was jammed with a mixed, talkative crowd. Some swayed in time to the music, swigging beer and sipping wine. The din seemed to be drawing art patrons and good-time Chicagoans from all over the huge building at 1932 South Halsted Street, the central site of an every-second-Friday art walk.

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