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 Englewood, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Englewood, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois.
In 1840, Englewood was officially documented as habital land to the United States Government Land Office in Chicago.
In 1871, when the Geat Chicago fire destroyed a large portion of Chicago, residents moved to the outskirts and Englewood was filling with people.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Englewood,_Chicago   (232 words)

  
 West Town, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
West Town is a neighborhood located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois.
Wicker Park is a Chicago neighborhood northwest of the Loop, near Bucktown.
Both the East Village and Ukrainian Village are to the south, Humboldt Park is to the west, and Bucktown is to the north.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/West_Town,_Chicago   (246 words)

  
 Near West Side, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Near West Side, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois directly adjacent to the downtown central business distict (the Loop).
The Greektown section of Chicago is located roughly between Van Buren and Madison Streets, along Halstead Street, within the Near West Side community area of Chicago.
In the late 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by Czech immigrants, who named the district after Pilsen, the second largest city in their homeland.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Near_West_Side,_Chicago   (318 words)

  
 West Lawn, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
West Lawn, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
West Lawn is home to many Polish immigrants and Irish-Americans.
Ford City is a neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago which immediately surrounds the, in turn named for the Ford Aircraft plant which previously occupied the site.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/West_Lawn,_Chicago   (160 words)

  
 Chicago Neighborhoods Guide
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States and the heart of a metropolitan area of over 8 million people, it is the commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center for a vast region and a mid-continental shipping point.
Chicago covers over 200 sq mi (520 sq km); it extends more than 20 mi (32 km) along the lakefront, then sprawls inland to the west.
In addition to its noted expressways and boulevards, Chicago has a system of elevated (partly underground) railways that extend into the heart of the city, making a huge rectangle, the celebrated Loop, which gives its name to the downtown section.
www.greatchicagorealestate.com /chicago_neighborhoods.htm   (372 words)

  
 Strategic Plan - III. Target Areas and Population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chicago Safe Start is focusing initially on two south side police districts which encompass a total of six community areas.
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (CCAC):  is a new collaboration among the police, child protective services, the State’s Attorney’s Office, pediatric medical staff, victim support specialists, family resource specialists and mental health service providers.
Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH):  CDPH operates eight community health centers throughout the city, with one in each of the two Safe Start districts.
www.chicagosafestart.net /AdminDocs/strategic%20plan_3.htm   (2469 words)

  
 Executive Summary
Chicago ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) examined 2001-2002 teacher turnover in sixty-four CPS elementary schools.
These schools are located in neighborhoods where Chicago ACORN has traditionally organized and which have active ACORN chapters — North Lawndale, Englewood, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, and Little Village.
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=325   (367 words)

  
 Englewood Community Collection
The Englewood settlement remained close to the junction but even in the 1860’s and 1870’s, the community began extending east and west along 63rd street.
Englewood residents were fortunate to have several innovative high schools and a teacher’s college located within their boundaries.
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   (1743 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 West Englewood branch library is the City's second "green" library.
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)

  
 ACORN Homesteading Program, Chicago
Chicago lost 40,719 units between 1980 and 1990, according to an early 1990s study by the University of Illinois at Chicago for the Chicago Rehab Network.
In 1993, Chicago had 8,000 abandoned residential structures, particularly evident in South and West side neighborhoods.[15] The City's policy, until recently, of demolishing abandoned buildings accelerated the loss of units.
As Englewood residents' income fell 19 percent in the 1980s, their median rent increased from $165 in 1980 to $302 in 1990.
www.nhi.org /online/issues/90/homestead.html   (3520 words)

  
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Nevertheless, in Chicago, nearly 30 percent of fls, 20 percent of Latinos and nearly 18 percent of Asians lived in poverty in 1999.
Chicago's wealthiest communities were mostly white North Side neighborhoods: Lincoln Park (median household income: $68,613) and Forest Glen ($68,269).
The income stagnation that plagued many Chicago neighborhoods is all the more worrisome to demographers and economists because they had hoped the unprecedented economic expansion of the 1990s would lift many people out of poverty.
www.jessejacksonjr.org /query/creadpr.cgi?id=%22006049%22   (1505 words)

  
 CATALYST, July 2003: Comings & Goings
West Ed is expected to produce its work in late August.
The Chicago Teachers Union released a study on CPS teacher turnover that found student behavior, lack of principal support and poor parental involvement were the top three reasons for leaving the district.
The report is the first of a series of six studies commissioned by CTU to be conducted by Robert Bruno of the Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
www.catalyst-chicago.org /07-03/0703c&gprint.htm   (989 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.
These schools are located in predominately low-income minority neighborhoods with active ACORN chapters: in North Lawndale, Englewood, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, and Little Village.
The acclaimed “teacher shortage” problem in Chicago’s public schools, according to the ACORN research, is actually a problem of teacher retention.
www.acorn.org /index.php?id=976   (581 words)

  
 Mike garner case Deserves better (IPSN 97-8-28)
Garner, 48, was shot to death on July 12 in West Englewood in Chicago in an altercation with an alleged drug dealer.
The Chicago Police Department hierarchy and the city’s politicos have made a strong case explaining why the sergeant should not receive benefits due officers killed in the line of duty, although he is receiving all other benefits that he has earned.
The Chicago Police Department has been hesitant to provide all the details involved in the Garner slaying, frankly because some of the circumstances have raised eyebrows — but the fact is the officer is dead and cannot defend his actions.
www.ipsn.org /garner1.html   (697 words)

  
 west and west suburbs, gnome.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
All of you in the Chicago West Suburbs!
The City of West Torrens is situated between the Adelaide CBD and the Gulf of St Vincent bounded by the River Torrens to the North and Anzac Highway to the South.
the 70,000 in the west and northwest sections of the county.
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 Category:Chicago neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Over $80,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,886,251 (2002).
It is located in the state of Illinois, on the shores of Lake Michigan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Chicago_neighborhoods   (86 words)

  
 Chicago's passenger railways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chicago - Harvard in Zone M is the longest Metra journey, at a one-way fare of USD6.60 for 117km.
West of Rondout, Metra is the sole passenger user of the mostly single-track branch.
At South Chicago, the line was extended from its former terminus at 91st St to a new terminus at 93rd St from 3 June 2001.
www.rinbad.demon.co.uk /us_chcgo.htm   (7199 words)

  
 Number of Prisoners Released by Illinois More Than Doubles in Two Decades; Many Head to Distressed Chicago Neighborhoods
Six economically and socially disadvantaged Chicago areas—Austin, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Englewood, West Englewood, and East Garfield Park-accounted for 34 percent of the prisoners returning to the city, with each area receiving 412 to 1,681 prisoners.
The communities with the highest numbers of returning prisoners-Austin, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Englewood, West Englewood, and East Garfield Park-exceeded the citywide average with regard to the percentage of female-headed households, unemployment rate, and poverty rate.
With the exception of West Englewood, these communities also experienced higher rates of serious crimes in 2001 when compared to the city average.
www.urban.org /url.cfm?ID=900605   (1171 words)

  
 Chicago Reporter December 1999: Why Englewood?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1998, the Englewood Police District, which includes Englewood and West Englewood, recorded 56 murders, the city’s second highest total.
Englewood needs help repairing its human infrastructure, and the city is coming up short in two critical areas: mental health services and community policing.
Its work was bolstered by 19 graduate students from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, who surveyed 304 Englewood District residents for their views on crime and police, and profiled some of the people they met.
www.chicagoreporter.com /1999/12-99/1299whyenglewood.htm   (309 words)

  
 The Chicago Reporter: Dangerous destinations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
More than 2,500 people were killed in Chicago from 1999 through 2002.
Many of those murders occurred on the South and West sides where the Chicago Housing Authority has most often relocated its former residents.
Among them are South Shore, Roseland and Englewood---three neighborhoods that totaled 55 murders in 1998 and 75 in 2003, a 36 percent increase.
www.chicagoreporter.com /2004/8-2004/homicide/graph2.htm   (107 words)

  
 Chicago Reporter,  December 1999: Englewood Police District: Crime Drops, but Community Policing Falls Short of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Still, Jarvis called The Chicago Reporter’s Oct. 27 ride-along "a slow night" for the Englewood Police District, which stretches south from 55th to 75th streets, and west from the Dan Ryan Expressway to the Penn Central railroad tracks near Damen Avenue.
In the Englewood District, crime fell 13 percent in 1992, the year before community policing, but rose between 1993 and 1995.
Chicago’s program hasn’t wiped away the underlying causes of crime, the reasons people sell drugs or become prostitutes, said Peter K.B. St. Jean, a doctoral student at the University of Chicago’s Department of Sociology, who worked for Skogan.
www.chicagoreporter.com /1999/12-99/1299caps.htm   (3315 words)

  
 Englewood Real Estate MLS Homes For Sale Englewood Illinois
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With our free MLS (Multiple Listing Service) online search you'll be able to access one of the Englewood area's largest inventory of listings and immediately view information about all homes that are currently available in the Englewood area and quickly locate homes, complete with pictures, descriptions, 360° virtual tours and more.
Our Englewood area Realtor® partners are available to answer any questions you may have about a specific Englewood home for sale, Englewood home values, recent sales in the Englewood area or general questions about buying or selling real estate.
www.homesby.com /illinois/englewood-real-estate.php   (302 words)

  
 Press Release: October 8, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This year, members of the Chicago Home Safety Partnership (CHSP) sponsored home safety open houses in six Chicago neighborhoods to drive home the importance of home maintenance, home safety inspections, and the use of smoke detectors.
NHS of Chicago hosted the open houses in newly rehabbed homes in West Humboldt Park, Back of the Yards/Garfield Park, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn/Gage Park, Auburn Gresham/Englewood and Roseland.
The Chicago Home Safety Partnership was created by NHS of Chicago and a group of insurers.
www.nhschicago.org /press/releases/100803.html   (345 words)

  
 Metropolitan Family Services
The Center provides much-needed high-quality childcare to families in the communities of Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, Englewood and West Englewood.
These communities were identified by the City of Chicago as being among the top 20 communities in need of child care services.
Metropolitan Family Services offers programs and services to address the needs of the families and communities it serves and provides support in the areas of child and youth development, counseling and mental health, child welfare, family economic development, legal aid, and services for older adults and their families.
www.metrofamily.org /newsroom/pressDetail.asp?objectID=1513   (426 words)

  
 Chicago's Englewood Neighborhood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Once known as Junction Grove, the rich history of Englewood began in the mid-1800s as the area quickly developed into a rail and commerce crossroads.
This easy access helped to make Englewood one of the largest outlying business districts in the country for much of the first half of the 20th century.
Now a struggling urban area, it is nevertheless known for its grassroots organizations and strong sense of community, on the forefront of revival.
www.chicagotogo.org /chicenneig.html   (136 words)

  
 Washington Heights, Washington Park, West Englewood, West Garfield Park, West Pullman Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The city of Chicago is segmented into neighborhoods.
The multiple listing data relating to Chicago real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the Broker Reciprocity Program of the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois, Inc. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than this one are marked with the Broker Reciprocity logo.
For information about things to do in Chicago be sure to visit the cities new information portal City of Chicago Visit this site if you need information about Chicago Schools.
www.chicagorealestate-bw.com /Chicago-Real-Estate-w.htm   (285 words)

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