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Demolished or Revived Chicago?: Impact of Civic Engagement and Information Accessibility on Urban Landscapes of Kenwood and Old Town
“Cottage Grove and 46th Street. For your safety, please watch your step when you get out.” After the information screen on the bus indicated our stop, we hurriedly stepped out of the bus. After three of us departed the bus, it left us completely alone in this unfamiliar neighborhood of Kenwood. The scenery drastically changed from the one we...
Black There, White There: The Continuing Racial Segregation in Chicago
Thirty-minute trips by bus in Chicago can mean more than the physical movement of our body from one point to another. What seems like a short trip can also become an avenue to show us inequality among the population of Chicago. This is, at least, what I felt when I visited Kenwood and Old Town on the same day....