Washington Park

Washington Park slideshow

Several hundred new units of housing have been built in Washington Park during the past 15 years, but much vacant land remains and retail investment is not there yet.

Photos by Martha Brock and Ed Finkel

St. Edmund's
Hardscrabble
Solid structures
Decay
Planning roadmap
St. Edmund's Place
Families
Gut rehab
Rebuilding
CTA Green Line
Tough environment
Retail needs

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Connecting the dots 1/30/2012
Mayor hails first fruit of foreclosure fight 1/19/2012
Closing a condo-Cabrini chasm 11/29/2011
Raising up teachers in your backyard 11/21/2011
"Moving Forward Together" to revive housing 10/25/2011

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February 2012

Thu 16	Community Grand Rounds: Parenting in the 21st Century 5:30 pm –8 pm
Fri 24	Minority Health in the Midwest Conference 8 am –5 pm
Tue 28	Building the 21st Century City: 18th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards 3 pm –8 pm

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