http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/gentrification The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/link/around-town/2008/12/pilsen-and-gentrification <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/files/mural-dare.jpg" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p>This article examines the impact and effects of gentrification in the Pilsen neighborhood, with comparative similarities and differences to the "Urban Renewal" of the many decades ago.</p> tamalechica.blogspot.com <p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/link/around-town/2008/12/pilsen-and-gentrification">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/link/around-town/2008/12/pilsen-and-gentrification#comments Neighborhoods Gentrification Pilsen Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:04:58 -0600 3893 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/02/14/old-meets-new <p><!--paging_filter-->Bucktown's old two-floor houses aren't glamorous, but they do bear themselves with quiet dignity. Sandwiched between two homes on the 1600 block of N. Wolcott (across the street from the &quot;Urban Sandbox&quot; mentioned in the previous post) is this new home: <img src="http://www.methodsreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/old-meets-new-on-wolcott.jpg" height="450" width="600" /> I love - and hate - these juxtapositions peppering Bucktown and other neighborhoods throughout the city: gentrification is rarely so clearly displayed. What are the neighbors thinking?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/theregoestheneighborhood" class="og_links">There Goes the Neighborhood</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/02/14/old-meets-new#comments Bucktown 60622 Bucktown Gentrification There Goes the Neighborhood Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:25:26 -0600 388 at http://www.windycitizen.com