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	Pilsen: Chicago
		Pilsen is an urban neighborhood on the near-west side of Chicago.
		Pilsen was came into its own as an established neighborhood with the influx of Bohemian Czech immigrants in 1868.
		Pilsen has been a crucial center for this history, partly because many of the post-fire industry was forced to moved to Pilsen, and partly because Eastern European bohemians well-established in Pilsen were heaviliy associated with various ideas such as socialism, anarchism, and the Freethinkers.
	www.geocities.com /nviernes/pilsen.htm (1204 words)

	Pilsen
		Pilsen is home to some of the oldest housing in the city of Chicago: 78% of its 13,689, housing units were built before 1939, and many buildings date back to before the 1877 Chicago Fire.
		Pilsen's deteriorating housing stock and the poverty of its residents, together with trends toward gentrification, have created a damaging cycle of building neglect, deterioration, and abandonment, followed by displacement of residents.
		Pilsen is a well-organized community with a large network of community organizations, social service agencies, churches, and schools, many of which will be partners in outreach activities for this proposal.
	www.uic.edu /cuppa/gci/uicni/partnerships/pilsen.htm (1335 words)

	Pilsen, Chicago -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pilsen is a neighborhood located in the (additional info and facts about Lower West Side) Lower West Side (additional info and facts about community area) community area of (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago.
		In the late (additional info and facts about 19th century) 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by (A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic) Czech immigrants, who named the district after (A town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated) Pilsen, the second largest city in their homeland.
		Starting in the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s Pilsen became increasingly (A native of inhabitant of Mexico) Mexican, and today is the largest Mexican neighborhood in Chicago.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pilsen,_chicago.htm (243 words)

	A History of Pilsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pilsen is located west of Canal Street, south of 16th Street, east of Damen and north of the Chicago River in the city of Chicago.
		Pilsen sat in a low lying "lake plain." The river was only navigable up to Ashland Avenue, and then traders, merchants and travelers were required to portage into the frontier city of Chicago, an Indian name for the wild onions that were found in the area.
		Pilsen was becoming, partly because of the relocation of large industries after the Chicago Fire, a recognized center for national labor movements, at a time when labor was coming under fire from governments around the country.
	www.podmajersky.com /history.htm (1222 words)

	Plzeň - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liberation of Pilsen and Western Bohemia by the 3rd Army was essentially erased from history books by the former Czechoslovak communist regime and has only recently entered public consciousness again.
		Plzeň is famous for its Pilsener beer, named Pilsner Urquell and produced since 1842, and for the Škoda Works engineering factory established by Emil Škoda in 1859.
		The most prominent monuments are the Gothic church of St. Bartholomew, said to date from 1292, whose tower (100 m) is the highest in the Czech Republic, the Renaissance town hall dating from the 16th century, and the third largest synagogue in the world (after Jerusalem and Budapest).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pilsen (628 words)

	La Raza - Mexicans in Chicago: Pilsen and the Global City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pilsen is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Chicago, a neighborhood deeply rooted in history dating back to the 1860s when Irish and Germans first settled there.
		Pilsen was directly governed by the “West Side block,” the small clique of Italian American politicians headed by the legendary “boss,” Vito Marzullo, the dean of City Hall during the 1970s and early 1980s.
		Pilsen is “loser” because not only is it one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago, but also because its survival, as a community, is at stake.
	www.laraza.com /news.php?nid=26392 (3783 words)

	margolin
		Pilsen consists of two separate areas, one that extends along 18th St. (La Dieciocho) which is called Pilsen proper and another to the west which extends along 26th St. and is known as Little Village.
		The wall murals in Pilsen have their origin in the Chicano movement of the 1960s, which was the impetus for a wave of social murals that represented the concerns of Mexicans.
		Chicago was actually one of the original centers for mural painting in the 1960s although many more murals were done on the west coast, particularly in Los Angeles.
	tigger.uic.edu /~marczim/mlac/papers/margolin.htm (3789 words)

	Pilsen Today
		Today, Pilsen's primary distinction is its status as the home of the largest part of Chicago's Latino community and even one of the largest Mexican communities in the United States (6); nearly 60 percent of its residents are Mexican or Mexican American.
		Before the Latin American cultural makeover, Pilsen was primarily composed of working class members of Slavic and Irish ethnicities (10) and considered "a national center of labor activism." (6) Before that, it was mainly German, and before that, it was a center for Czech immigration in Chicago, incidentally where the neighborhood got its name.
		Pilsen simultaneously serves as a comforting childhood home for Mango Street's young protagonist and as the fetters that anchor her to poverty, inequity and sociocultural marginalization.
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/esperanza/realpilsen.htm (633 words)

	Life in Pilsen
		Pilsen is viewed as a slum filled with derelicts and potential thieves, the houses are all falling apart, and no decent opportunites await anyone who exists within this realm of filth.
		The novel centralizes around the theme of Esperanza constantly wishing to escape from this place and purify herself of any traces that may linger upon her once her escape is effectively made, and her reconciliation to the fact that despite all the ugly horrors of this area, it will forever be a part of her.
		The amalgamation of the two sides of Pilsen: the stained-glass version of ethnic, cultural Pilsen and the wild nature that once made everyone fear this neighborhood, can be combined to give a realistic image of the actual Pilsen that exists today.
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/esperanza/lifepilsen.htm (493 words)

	Chicago Historical Society - Pilsen/Little Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Long used as a water passage for Native Americans traveling between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, the Pilsen/Little Village area continued to be of vital importance after European settlement, becoming an economic and cultural crossroads.
		As a port of entry for recent immigrants, the Pilsen area has welcomed countless immigrants to begin a new life in America.
		Chicago Historical Society staff and neighborhood partners have joined forces to tell this story in the third exhibition in the series Neighborhoods: Keepers of Culture.
	www.chicagohs.org /DGBPhotoEssay/plvintro.html (572 words)

	ArtScope.net: Pilsen East Artists' Open House 1999
		The 29th Annual Pilsen East Artists' Open House is a three day event in one of Chicago's growing artists' districts and, although it is a relatively short-term event, it is worth noting for future art walks.
		The artists who live and have working studios in Pilsen East range widely in their media and quality of art, but it is a true open studio walk, not just another street fair.
		The Podmajersky family (of Podmajersky Management, Inc.) have supported artists and the Pilsen community for over forty years, which does lend a distinct character to the area; and Universal Federal Savings Bank is also a vigorous promoter of the artists and the art walk.
	www.artscope.net /VAREVIEWS/pilsen0999.shtml (734 words)

	Al-Kodmany - PPGIS position paper
		Pilsen, which this research focuses on, is a largely Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant community of nearly 50,000 people.
		The president of the Pilsen community organization served as the host for the event, welcoming and introducing community and University participants, describing the goals and objectives of the workshops, and describing the contribution of participants in the long-term planning process.
		One of the major concerns of the Pilsen community is to preserve their cultural heritage represented in the physical form.
	www.ncgia.ucsb.edu /varenius/ppgis/papers/al-kodmany.html (4684 words)

	Pilsen's History
		The first Bohemian (Czech) families came to Chicago in 1853 and began settling in Pilsen in 1868 in large numbers.
		Blue Island Avenue became a major highway used for transporting manufactured goods out of Chicago and bringing farm goods in. It began as a dirt path until 1854 when it became a plank road paved with wood from Western Ave.
		There were many events that occurred in Pilsen that affected the entire nation, including the Great Railroad strike of 1877, which began in Pilsen.
	www.geocities.com /jonathanandreas/hist_pilsen.html (394 words)

	'Gringos get out of Pilsen' - Chicago Flame - Opinions
		Although, of course, that would be incredibly witless for a group to claim responsibility for their own graffiti, but I'm willing to safely bet the real reason for remaining unidentifiable is due to the lack of intellect to back up their asinine comment.
		Pilsen also has one of the largest Hispanic communities in the United States.
		I'm sure that educational reform in the Pilsen community won't be successful when racist stickers are everywhere to be seen.
	www.chicagoflame.com /news/2004/02/24/Opinions/gringos.Get.Out.Of.Pilsen-615217.shtml (589 words)

	Doll tells a tale of demographic shifts \| csmonitor.com
		The focus of the controversy in Pilsen, Chicago's best-known Mexican neighborhood, isn't a person but a doll: an $84 addition to the coveted American Girl series, most of which come with their own book-length back story.
		The central story line in Marisol's case is her family's move from urban Pilsen to suburban Des Plaines - a move that occurs in part because Pilsen "was no place for me to grow up," Marisol says her mother told her.
		Pilsen, an area known for its artists and murals, with carnicerías and tortillerías on nearly every block, is in no danger of losing its Latino character soon: 89 percent of its population is Hispanic, according to the 2000 census.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0214/p01s01-ussc.htm (1120 words)

	Mennonite Voluntary Service - Chicago, IL
		The vision of the Pilsen unit is to provide workers for projects and organizations that further justice and peace in the world and that work toward making sure the basic needs and rights of society's most vulnerable and least powerful are respected.
		Volunteers in the Chicago MVS unit live in the unit house in Pilsen, a Hispanic community on Chicago's near southwest side.
		Chicago is one of the Midwest's, and the country's, largest cities and is rich in racial, ethnic and cultural diversity.
	www.mennonitevs.org /chicago.html (574 words)

	Chicago Pilsen: Real estate listings, restaurants, shopping, maps, and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Founded just one year before the infamous Chicago Fire, The Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen is home to authentic Mexican food and culture, and boasts a large residential population.
		This is somewhat ironic, as the neighborhood is named for a Czech city, and was once home to the largest population of Bohemians in the nation.
		Pilsen's center is at 18th and Halsted, where fine art, fine food, and fine imports can be found.
	www.chicagoneighborhoods.cc /neighborhoods/pilsen.html (279 words)

	Mennonite Voluntary Service - Chicago-Pilsen (stories)
		Although the Pilsen unit house and its contents were insured, the MVSers had to pay the deductible out of their own pockets.
		Erie Neighborhood House, one of Chicago's oldest settlement houses, was begun in 1870 as a Presbyterian mission.
		The $50,000 Chicago Spirit Award will be used to expand the Tech Center, where participants in every Erie House program--from bilingual education for all ages to youth initiatives to children's activities--receive hands-on computer training.
	www.mennonitevs.org /pil-stor.html (2067 words)

	Mexican American Doll Sparks Community Anger in Chicago
		Chicago - March 4, 2005 - Members of Chicago's Latino community are upset about a new doll in the trendy American Girl series.
		But Chicago Hispanics are raising charges of lingering racism because of the biography that comes with the doll.
		Pilsen is a little bit of Mexico nestled in some ten blocks of Victorian brick houses.
	www.imdiversity.com /villages/hispanic/business_finance/voa_mexican_american_doll_0305.asp (1084 words)

	TU CASA ES MI CASA: artists respond to gentrification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She was a Trustees Merit Scholar in the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she completed her MFA (2003).
		As an artist that is facinated by the different styles of Architecture found in Chicago, I have been very dissappointed by all the plain, ugly, cookie cutter "insta-houses" that are going up all over the city.
		is a Chicago based artist and studied at the School of the Art institute of Chicago and Vermont College of Norwich University.
	www.subaltern.org /tucasa.htm (2837 words)

	Newberry Library \| Chicago Neighborhood Bibliography
		Chicago Communities (Web site.) A map of Chicago's official community areas and a list of unofficial neighborhoods.
		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).
		Thesis (M.A.), University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002.
	www.newberry.org /genealogy/neighborhoods.html (2856 words)

	El Andar: SUMMER 2005
		While their status as first generation sons and daughters of immigrants uniquely defines who they are, it is punk and punk rock’s political message and accepting sense of community that attracts Latino youth more commonly expected to be a part of hip hop and electronic dance scenes.
		The Pilsen and Little Village scene is a small, tight knit group of folks propelled by the inspiration of those around them, who have found refuge in the same sound and philosophy.
		Though Chicago is today recognized as the home of pogo punk rockers Screeching Weasel, the nationally distributed ‘zine Punk Planet, Victory Records and emo heartthrobs Alkaline Trio, Chicago’s place in early North American punk rock history is little more than a blip on the national screen.
	www.elandar.com /online_stories/06_2005/story_punk.html (3145 words)

	Chicago Neighborhood Details: Pilsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The center of the Pilsen neighborhood is at 18th and Halsted.
		Located on Chicago's near Southwest Side, Pilsen was originally inhabited by Czech immigrants, who named the district after the second largest city in their homeland.
		Close to the Loop (Chicago's downtown) and the world-famous Chinatown, residents don't have to go far to experience the finer offerings in Chicago.
	www.chicagohome.com /NHDetails.cfm?NH_ID=37 (245 words)

	TRP-Casa Puebla
		The Resurrection Project (TRP) is a faith- and community-based organization founded in 1990 by a coalition of churches in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, long considered the Mexican cultural center of Chicago.
		Four of the apartment buildings are located in Pilsen and one is in the Back-of-the-Yards neighborhood to the south.
		The low-income housing tax credits were provided by the city of Chicago Department of Housing, which also provided $5.1 million in HOME funds and another $766,500 in Affordable Rents for Chicago funds.
	www.nefinc.org /HomePage/Highlights/TRP-CasaPuebla.htm (631 words)

	Tu Casa Es Mi Casa: Artists Respond to Gentrification - Polvo Art Studio - Absolutearts.com
		Jaime Mendoza, based in Chicago, received his BA in Studio Arts from Northeastern Illinois University and a MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
		Jesus Macarena-Avila is a Chicago based artist and studied at the School of the Art institute of Chicago and Vermont College of Norwich University.
		Kimberly Viviano Is a Chicago artist currently earning an M.F.A. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Visual Communications) and received her B.F.A. at Kendall School of Design (Illustration), Grand Rapids, MI, also did an undergrad study in Florence, Italy.
	www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2004/03/19/31897.html (1394 words)

	art-pilsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		art-pilsen is a comprehensive guide to events happening in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood which borders Cermak Ave.
		For more than 150 years, the Pilsen neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants from the mid 1850s Bohemian (Czech) influx to the early 1950s Mexican beginings.
		If you are an artist, organization, art gallery, or café based in Pilsen and would like to be listed here feel free to email me.
	www.art-pilsen.org (281 words)

	Chicago Public Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Documents have surfaced showing that Chicago was awarded the 1904 games, the first modern Olympics to be held in the U.S. Columbia College professor Rose Economou explains how the city subsequently lost the opportunity.
		Samuelson is the cultural historian for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
		Chicago poet Kevin Coval gives us a preview of his poem, “Mettle Respires.” It's scheduled to appear in the Chicago Tribune on August 26, 2004, as part of a series on Chicago's Loop.
	www.wbez.org /audio_library/hb_aug04.asp (1924 words)

	Zinos.com - eZine digest and database
		On Wednesday the 21st of August, little seven-year-old Ana Mateo was playing outside of her parent's house in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood past midnight with a remote control car when a stray bullet fired from a gang member's gun hit Ana in the head.
		Chicago Police are seeking suspects who may be members of the Party People and the Satan Disciples.
		The Chicago Police are in desperate need of help while our country spends billions on foreign aid and local leaders use public funds to build new stadiums for overpaid jocks with bad attitudes.
	zinos.com /f/z/scan/se=AR004180/sp=view_article/rs=yes/go.html (724 words)

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