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VIDEO: Thieves Target Brass Mailbox Covers In Avalon Park

[VIDEO] On Tuesday WBBM-TV took at look at the string of mailbox metal thefts plaguing the south side. Ald. Sawyer is quoted in the story: Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th)says it is all about money, and he is right. The average current scrap price for brass ... »

Do People Just Want to Live in Segregation? Not in Chicago

Chicago Magazine is talking about Chatham again: It's not a simple matter of black people being way more egalitarian than white people. Everyone wants to live in a safe environment with good housing stock and good civic resources, which is often not th... »

Neighborhoods of CHA relocations experienced higher crime rates

An excerpt from the Sun-Times article: Crime was worse in neighborhoods where former Chicago Housing Authority residents used vouchers to move into private apartments, a new study found. From 2000 to 2008, violent crime was 21 percent higher in neighbo... »

Concerned Citizens of Chatham: April 6th Ward Community Meetings

Worlee provides a listing of the various neighborhood meetings coming up this month. Soon to be added to the calendar in the sidebar! West Chesterfield Community Association  Saturday, April 7, 2012  10am  West Chesterfield Community Fieldhouse  9351 S... »

Remember EZ Pawn?

[VIDEO]Last year they visited a meeting hosted by a subarea of the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council about possibly setting up shot at the former Chatham Pancake House near 87th & Langley. Needless to say they're not coming to that location in the ... »

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The Chicago Neighborhoods: Chatham

You thought we've forgotten about them? Well anyway on December 30th they unveiled their neighborhood logo for Chatham with a picture of a block of bungalows. The lettering almost evokes Pride Cleaners near 79th & St. Lawrence. I like it because it sho... »

Chatham Pancake House returning...?

EveryBlock provided a link to a story by Neighborhood Scribe Here's the storyChatham Pancake House re-opening?  photo by YoChicago  CAPCC's President Keith Tate says former owner in discussions to reopen restaurant by La Risa Lynch The Chatham Panc... »

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