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  Englewood
By 1920 the population soared to 86,619 and Englewood's shopping district at Halsted and 63rd was the second busiest in the city.
Materials necessary to redevelop Englewood were scarce owing to World War II, and later practices of redlining and disinvestment sealed Englewood's future as a low-income community with a declining housing stock.
Englewood's population declined to 59,075 by 1980 and to 40,222 by 2000.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/426.html   (699 words)

  
 Englewood, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Englewood, with about 40,000 inhabitants, is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago.
In 1840, Englewood was officially documented as habital land to the United States Government Land Office in Chicago.
Englewood's railroad connections to downtown Chicago made it a convenient location, and the neighborhood's population boomed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Englewood,_Chicago   (240 words)

  
 Englewood Gentrification Chicago Reporter 1999
Englewood needs help repairing its human infrastructure, and the city is coming up short in two critical areas: mental health services and community policing.
Englewood’s chronic violence has, in some cases, led children and adults to become violent themselves.
While Englewood murder rates fell 38 percent from 1990 to 1998, twice as many people were killed in 1998 in the Englewood Police District, which includes Englewood and West Englewood, than the citywide district average.
whgbetc.com /englewood/englewood-why-chirep.html   (2663 words)

  
 William J. Clinton Foundation "Press Release on Inner Cities and Chicago"
The unemployment rate for the Englewood community was 14.8 percent in 1998, compared to 5.7 percent for the city of Chicago.
Almost 20 percent of the population in Englewood is estimated to receive welfare benefits compared to 6 percent for the city of Chicago.
The City of Chicago is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan and it is the third largest city in the United States.
www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/110599-press-release-on-inner-cities-and-chicago.htm   (1575 words)

  
 Chicago Reporter, December 1999: A Brief History of Englewood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nearly 99 percent of the residents in Englewood and 97 percent in West Englewood are white.
Englewood’s population grows to nearly 93,000 and West Englewood’s to 64,000.
In West Englewood, fls are 12 percent of the population.
www.chicagoreporter.com /1999/12-99/1299timeline.htm   (1797 words)

  
 Social Scientists Map Chicago
Geographer Chauncy Harris often argued that Chicago in the first half of the 20th century was the most studied city in the world.
It is arguable that, at the moment of their creation, the Chicago School maps made up the most wide-ranging cartographic portrait of an urban area that had ever been compiled.
[Chicago : University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology?, 193-?].
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/maps/chisoc   (1721 words)

  
 Inner Cities and Chicago, IL
The population in Englewood is estimated to be 39,780 in 1998.
98.7% of the population of Englewood was African-American in 1990.
Almost 20 percent of the population in Englewood is estimated to receive welfare benefits compared to 6 percent for the city of Chicago.
clinton4.nara.gov /WH/New/New_Markets_Nov/factsheets/chicago.html   (1577 words)

  
 IHSA - Illinois H.S.toric: The Greatest High School Football Rivalry in Illinois
Englewood and Hyde Park fought to an unsatisfactory tie on a muddy and rain drenched-field in 1906.
In 1916 Englewood, with star half back Bromstedt, again prevailed in the league, but was upset in a shocker by Hyde Park, 6 to 0, at Normal baseball park; for the first time in twenty years the game was not played at the University of Chicago.
Englewood was able to garner headlines during the 1925 season, but they were not the kind the school wanted.
www.ihsa.org /initiatives/hstoric/football_engle-hp.htm   (8937 words)

  
 Chicago neighborhood grieves two killings - Boston.com
It was the second fatal shooting of a girl in just over a week in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, a community that has struggled to keep gangs and guns off the streets.
Englewood saw 46 homicides in 2004, or more than 10 percent of the city's total, even though it accounts for just 3 percent of Chicago's population.
Chicago police credit their attack on gangs, drugs and guns for the overall drop in murders.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/03/15/chicago_neighborhood_grieves_two_killings   (692 words)

  
 Chicagoland townhomes and condos for sale throughout the Chicago metro area and suburbs
Chicago is also considered to be the second-largest Serbian and Lithuanian city in the world, and the third largest Greek city after Melbourne, Australia.
Chicago and its suburbs are blessed with a diverse economic base, a wide range of housing stock, and an abundance of manmade and natural amenities.
Chicago is now the world’s largest intermodal port, with 50 percent of all goods shipped in the United States traveling on local state highways.
www.chicagolandtownhomes.com   (2325 words)

  
 A Short History of Englewood Chicago
Englewood is just a five minute drive from the Chicago Loop with the magnificent Chicago skyline in your rear view mirror.
One twist of the Dan Ryan Expressway and the skyline turns into smokestacks; two twists and there is moss growing in the cracks of the embankment and boards on windows of the houses along the top.
Englewood has an important story to tell in American history.
slis.cua.edu /ihy/spring04/Englewood/home.htm   (298 words)

  
 West Englewood | Best Chicago Neighborhoods
Englewood has many buildings and real estate land ready to be bought and improved upon.
Englewood has a number of schools, including the Lindblom College Preparatory High School, which is adding more classes and updating existing equipment and facilities.
Englewood is delineated by 55th Street and 76th Street, and Halstead and Wentworth.
www.bestchicagoneighborhoods.com /west-englewood   (219 words)

  
 Chicago's Soccer History
With the establishment of the National Soccer League of Chicago in 1920, the city's position as a major soccer region was secure; for decades, the NSL was one of the "big four" of the amateur leagues, with numerous teams winning the National Challenge Cup, as well as sending players to the national team.
In 1934, Julius Hjulian, of the Chicago Wonder Bolts was called to the National Team, and played for the US during their World Cup qualifying match, as well as their sole match of the 1934 Cup, a 1-7 trouncing at the hands of host Italy.
Chicago Croatian made the US Open Cup finals in 1974 and 1979, the Eagles won the Amateur Cup in 1989 and the Open Cup in 1990, and made the Amateur Cup finals in 1994.
www.sover.net /~spectrum/chicago.html   (2888 words)

  
 Chicago ACORN Teacher Turnover Study Released
Chicago ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has released a research study on teacher turnover at sixty-four Chicago Public Schools’ elementary schools.
The acclaimed “teacher shortage” problem in Chicago’s public schools, according to the ACORN research, is actually a problem of teacher retention.
Chicago ACORN proposes a number of solutions to the teacher turnover problem in these schools — “Grow-Your-Own” teacher training, lead teacher and learning community/co-teacher programs, teacher home visits and other neighborhood involvement efforts, extended-day opportunities for teachers to share problem-solving strategies, and increasing teacher pay and benefits.
www.acorn.org /index.php?id=976   (581 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune news : Local news
Chicago: Clear skies and chilly temperatures start the day, maybe even some scattered light frost in the far west and south suburbs.
The Chicago Transit Authority has fired a bus driver who it said spewed an expletive-filled rant at an elderly widow who didn't display her reduced-fare pass quickly, officials said Friday.
Four people were killed in wrecks around the area Friday morning, including a 23-year-old Chicago kindergarten teacher on her way to work on the South Side, police said.
www.chicagotribune.com /news/local   (827 words)

  
 Public Affairs Special Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Chicago Public Radio Public Affairs unit brings you a series of special projects that go beyond the scope of daily reporting.
The new Sherman Elementary School in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood is going to be a laboratory of sorts this fall.
Chicago Public Radio will visit the school thoughout the year to keep listeners current on the progress of the experiment.
www.chicagopublicradio.org /programs/publicaffairs/PA_special.asp   (812 words)

  
 Newberry Library | Chicago Neighborhood Bibliography
Hundreds of maps and atlases detailing Chicago, Cook County, and the collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will between 1779-2003 are described in the Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog (NLCC).
The Chicago Area Geographic Information Study at the University of Illinois - Chicago has compiled 2000 data for Chicago's official community areas.
Thesis (M.A.), University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002.
www.newberry.org /genealogy/neighborhoods.html   (3288 words)

  
 Chicago Indymedia: Englewood parents, students and residents fight to stop closure of schools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Chicago Indymedia: Englewood parents, students and residents fight to stop closure of schools
Englewood parents, students and residents fight to stop closure of schools
On Wednesday February 23, Chicago Public School board approved the closure of three Chicago grade schools and the phasing out of Englewood Technical High School.
chicago.indymedia.org /feature/display/53338/index.php   (215 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Englewood Woman And Child Lucky To Be Alive
Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com: Englewood Woman And Child Lucky To Be Alive
CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports that the woman and child were taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where fire officials said the victims are very fortunate.
Chicago firefighters were called to the home on South Wolcott Avenue around 11 o'clock Friday night after a woman called 911.
cbs2chicago.com /local/local_story_294111656.html   (263 words)

  
 Englewood Apartments for rent Englewood apartment rentals, Englewood furnished apartments to rent.
Englewood Apartments for rent Englewood apartment rentals, Englewood furnished apartments to rent.
About Us Sublet.com is a Englewood apartment rental website that advertises Englewood apartments, Englewood roommates, Englewood houses for rent Englewood sublets and subleases.
Englewood housing rentals, apartments, roommates, houses, tenants and landlords have not been verified or evaluated.
www.sublet.com /area_rentals/Illinois/Englewood_Rentals.asp   (69 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times
Portillo's, the Chicago hot dog and Italian beef chain, is recalling more than 3,700 pounds of cooked, sliced roast beef as a precautionary measure after beef scraps at its plant tested positive for listeria.
A star in the Negro Leagues who barnstormed with Satchel Paige, O'Neil later was named the first fl coach in the majors by the Chicago Cubs.
Chicago's original city guide is now part of the Sun-Times News Group.
www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-girl13.html   (651 words)

  
 Englewood Neighborhood in Chicago: Englewood Home Page at WildOnions.org
At the heart of Chicago's urban, troubled South Side, Englewood is a community with a vibrant character and a strong spirit.
Nonetheless, Englewood boasts impressive vintage architecture, including a number of Italianate structures, and more than 20 churches and congregations, several in striking landmark buildings.
As an official Chicago Community Area, Englewood is differentiated from West Englewood to its west.
www.wildonions.org /LN-Englewood.htm   (145 words)

  
 Chicago Park District: Harris (Ryan) Memorial Park
In 1999, the Chicago Park District named this three-acre greenspace in the heart of the Englewood neighborhood in honor of Ryan Harris, an eleven-year-old resident who was tragically murdered.
When Chicago annexed Englewood in 1889 as part of the Town of Lake, the parkland became city property.
The city transferred Normal Park to the Chicago Park District in 1959.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/7A978AE6-C6D0-49CA-B0CA-43ACF72462D0.cfm   (174 words)

  
 Englewood Station (Chicago) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Englewood Station also served passenger trains of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), which operated over the New York Central via trackage rights.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway crossed the Rock Island at this junction.
In fact, both would leave their respective terminals in Chicago, stop to embark passengers at Englewood, and leave the station simultaneously, each racing the other for several miles before they diverged.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Englewood_Station_(Chicago)   (357 words)

  
 West Englewood Chicago Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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No liability for its accuracy, errors, omissions is assumed by the sellers, their agents, or Next Chicago Realty Group.
www.nextchicago.com /west_englewood_chicago.htm   (100 words)

  
 NBCU: Events Archieve
Chicago began the 6th Annual Police Appreciation celebrations on the West Side of Chicago.
Chicago chapter of Kids Off the Block (green region) teens walked around several housing units in Kansas City over the weekend, engaging over 25 youths and collecting 3 verbal commitment from K.C. youth to travel to Chicago this summer.
Chicago's 60617 have reviewed our anti-violence plans for Kansas City to help put a dent in the current rate.
www.nationalblockclubuniversity.com /archieve.php   (1028 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/royaleone
Royale Chicago emcee and producer Royale serves as the quintessential example of using your musical gift to survive and rise above the poverty and despair of the neighborhood where you were raised.
Englewood, a poverty stricken neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, was once affluent and a central part of the city.
With his new mixtape, the aptly titled Englewood, Royale tells the story of Chicago and Englewood “the right way.” Slated to drop in late November 2006, Englewood is a homegrown collaboration of Chicago artists featuring Universal artists Qualo, Priest and others.
www.myspace.com /royaleone   (1552 words)

  
 Englewood Community Collection
Englewood residents were fortunate to have several innovative high schools and a teachers' college located within their boundaries.
The Papers of Englewood High School were found to be so extensive as to warrant their formation into a separate record group.
The Englewood Community Collection is available to the public for research in the Special Collections and Preservation Division Reading Room on the 9th floor of the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60605.
www.chipublib.org /008subject/012special/ecc.html   (2494 words)

  
 Public Building Commission of Chicago | Press Releases
The West Englewood Branch of the Chicago Public Library houses a large collection of materials including juvenile, young adult and adult books, books on tape, newspapers and periodicals.
The Chicago Public Library is partnering with the Chicago Public Schools again for the annual Library Card Campaign which will make the process of getting library card extremely easy - kids can apply for them at school.
The new West Englewood Branch is the 43nd new or renovated library that has opened since 1989 under the Neighborhoods Alive/Chicago Public Library Capital Improvement Campaign.
www.pbcchicago.com /subhtml/press/pr_englewood_library2.asp   (588 words)

  
 Chicago Defender / Local
The project, however, also showed another side of Englewood, and determination to improve a neighborhood that faces significant challenges with its schools, unemployment, abandoned homes and other problems.
Gloria Abernathy, a 54-year-old Englewood resident, hustled from one side of the playground to another shuttling rakes and shovels.
The Chicago Defender becomes the first Black news source in the nation to launch a video podcast.
www.chicagodefender.com /page/local.cfm?ArticleID=4653   (654 words)

  
 WEIRD CHICAGO: THE MURDER CASTLE
In 1893, Chicago, Illinois was host to a spectacular World’s Fair -- The Columbian Exposition -- that celebrated the anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America.
Today, the neighborhood of Englewood is a part of Chicago but in the late 1800’s, it was a quiet, independent community on the southern outskirts of the Windy City.
The people of the Englewood neighborhood watched the sightseers with a combination of fear and loathing, sickened over the terrible things that brought the crowds to their streets.
www.weirdchicago.com /castle.html   (7497 words)

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