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(Wien-Criss Archive), A CTA prewar PCC is on Western at Congress on June 11, 1956. Over the last century, an array of political and cultural forces have created clear lines of division between racial groups. At this stage, it appears the Western Avenue bridge over the Congress Expressway was not yet finished, as the streetcar (and auto traffic) are using a shoo-fly. Another fantastic series of photos. Of this, 46.22% are males and 53.78% are females. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA prewar PCC 4027 (at left) passes a postwar car on Western at 24th on June 7, 1956. . The tracks going to the right were for the 67th/69th/71st line, which used Western to travel between 69th and 71st. The Southeast Side is a description that the city itself continues to resist, including this neighborhood with all of Chicago's South Side communities. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 7271 is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7243 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956. The University of Illinois at Chicago's digital photo collections . Another 537 were injured, more than half of whom were Black. In the background, you can see the large Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, which fronted on the north side of 107th St. Greg Nye. A 2017 fair housing study looked into six community areas that had the most reported complaints of racial and income discrimination against renters: Jefferson Park, the Near North Side, Bridgeport, Hyde Park, Clearing, and Mount Greenwood. The other bus company running from the south suburbs into Englewood was the Suburban Transit System, which ran primarily east and west along 95th St. out to Oak Lawn and beyond. Effectively acting as sundown towns, suburbs such as Cicero utilized police and mob violence to draw a line in the concrete. Later, this hotbed of activity attracted rural migrant workers from places such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the southern United Statesfrom which racist discrimination and violence drove more than 500,000 Black Americans to Chicago. 5 . along with a sign alerting northbound motorists to stay left of the open running tracks. You can also see trolley bus wires, used on North Avenue. 5:37 Cars #606, 605, and 601, December 31, 1954 The Chatham 14 Theatre . (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA PCC 4108 is westbound on Madison at the Chicago River, running on the Madison-Fifth branch of Route 20. A cropped version of this photo ran in one of our earlier posts, but this was scanned from the original negative. Black residents did not enjoy the same geographic freedom. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Chicago's South Side was the center for African-American culture and business. First, a nit: I think this picture is at 107th rather than 105th. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4050 is southbound on Western at the Douglas Park L on November 11, 1955. Last Run of the Hagerstown & Frederick: 06. A 2017 study by the Metropolitan Planning Council and the Urban Institute looked at Latinx/white segregation, finding considerable disparities in educational attainment, upward mobility, and generational wealth between these groups. The South Side experienced a population shift during the move to suburbs following World War II. 2023 2022 South Side Weekly. 5:20 #80, October 1954 Brace Yourself: Chicago's 'Hawk' Winter Wind Turns 50, Lin-Manuel Miranda Touts New Song To Raise Money For Puerto Rico: LISTEN, 'Stranger Things 2' Uses Wrong Skyline For 1980s Chicago, Obama Doesn't Want To Take A Selfie With You, And This Is Why, Chicago Is Close To Prince Harry's Heart: His GF Is A Northwestern Alumna. https://thetrolleydodger.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/pic544.jpg According to 2009 American Community Survey data, of Chicago's 77 community areas, 68 are home to a population of which at least 50 percent identify with a single racial group. Chicago Burnside Bums Gang - South Side Chicago White Street Gang Joe Barry 685 subscribers Subscribe 38 Share 13K views 11 years ago The farthest South White street gang in Chicago - the. 03. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7157 is northbound on Western at 67th on June 15, 1955. It appears that the street has already been made a one-way, which did not happen until November 16, 1953. 4:53 Engine whistle signals, loco #12, January 17, 1954 Order your copy today! As a field interviewer I had to look for displaced residents from the projects. The YMCA Hotel, seen in the background, opened in 1916 and closed in 1979. Railroad Record Club Traction Rarities 1951-58 Disc One What is the South Side of Chicago called? (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7160, viewed from the Douglas Park L (todays Pink Line), is operating on Western at 21st on June 15, 1955. Roger W/Flickr 2. The New York Times - August 2, 1964. 10. But this must be a reroute, since it is definitely after 1949 (the car has advertising on the side) and its running Route 36 Broadway-State. (312 . (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7113 is in an area where tracks are being worked on, and is crossing over from one track to another using a temporary switch. [/caption], RRC-OMTT 2008- University of Michigan launch a study Moving Towards Opportunity. To the left, is an embankment where Illinois Central commuter trains (now Metra Electric) ran. In the 1960s, for instance, the advent of "free love" took a significant bite out of the vice trade. In 1991 the Chicago White Sox began to play in a new Comiskey Park across the street from the old stadium. The ease of getting around that city is amazing. Under the Plan for Transformation, the City began to knock down the projects one by one like dominos. Visit the website (wttw.com/firsthand) to explore the elements of the project. Check out these old photos of Illinois from the 1940s. The address is 2119 N Wallace St, Chicago, Illinois 60609. You can see the streetcar trackage reverting to street running headed south. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 4037 is on Western at the Chicago River on June 10, 1956 just one week before the end of streetcar service on Route 49. But the largest group of projects was the Street State corridor in the former Bronzeville Black Belt, which had a total of 7,938 units. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7156, sporting unusual yellow numbers, is on Western at Van Buren on August 13, 1954. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Chicago's South Side was the center for African-American culture and business. All Rights Reserved. With a location just south of the ever-expanding University of Chicago in Hyde Park, however . Fuller Park is one of the worst neighborhoods in the city by almost every metric. Fuller Park is the Chicago neighborhood which experienced the largest decline in population over the sixty years from the citys peak population in 1950 to 2010; its population declined precipitously from 17,000 in 1950 to under 3,000 . The Gallagher House is the home of the Gallagher Family. 08. These housing projects, as they became known, are represented by orange dots on the interactive map. Also, its wonderful to see all the old advertising signs on the street cars and the buildings. The streetcars shown here were Western Ave. cars, running east on 69th St. to get to the Vincennes / 77th St. barn. The discriminatory practice known as redlining was a color-coded classification system implemented by the Federal Housing Administration that determined the value of housing based on the racial demographics of a neighborhood. For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here. Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto: At one point, Chicago boasted the largest Irish population and the second-largest Polish population of any city in the world. The 1919 Race Riots, which were part of the racial violence seen across the country during a period known as the Red Summer, were provoked by an attempt to enforce segregation in the waters of Lake Michigan. The photos come from the Illinois Department of Transportation and appear to have been made for the Chicago Park District's Engineering Section, according to the university. John White/U.S. In the 1960s, then-Mayor Richard J. Daleys administration began to address the dilapidated housing conditions of the citys poorest and signed off on the construction of 165 high-rises managed by the Chicago Housing Authority that would house mainly Black Chicagoans. I have produced some comments about your most recent photo group (Chicago in the 1950s). These segregated communities maintained a tense coexistence until 1919, when racist white hostility bubbled over. (Wien-Criss Archive), CTA 7213, the last streetcar to operate in Chicago, is on Western at 21st on July 16, 1951. The Civic Opera House is to the left. Once a separate community, South Chicago began as a series of scattered Native American settlements before becoming a village. It is very unlikely that he will ever be able to recoup his investment, but we support his efforts at preserving this important history, and sharing it with railfans everywhere. That would be the old Paulina L that ran to Logan Square and Humboldt Park from 1895 to 1951. Visit the website (wttw.com/firsthand) to explore all of the elements of the project. Puerto Rican people are the second-largest Latinx group in Chicago. South Side Weekly partnered with WTTW and the Invisible Institute to co-publish text and visual reporting and analysis covering the impact racial divisions have on individuals, the city, and our region. One of my enduring childhood memories, growing up in the 1970s and 1980s on Chicago's South Side, was something I called the "boundary." Make No Little Plans Buses terminate at the nearby Howard L station. Chicagos first rapid transit subway opened in 1943 after decades of wrangling over routes, financing, and logistics. To reach Englewood, this bus line ran east on 95th to Vincennes, north to 87th, west to Morgan, north to 63rd, then east to the Englewood L. They were simultaneously subject to predatory practices such as contract selling, in which realtors would deceive buyers into signing contracts to buy marked-up houses on installment with high interest rates and no guarantee of title. In the twenty years from 1890 to 1910, Chicago's African-American population increased . African Americans were also denied access to white areas by means less violent, but no less destructive. The Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad Company was the first to successfully obtain right-of-way and permission to build an elevated passenger railway in Chicago. Here are some shots around Illinois during the 1950s. Will Guy Fieri Cook The Bean Before It's Windexed? Join us in looking back on three swanky nightclubs from the '60s. 09. 05. (Wien-Criss Archive), Here, a CTA Pullman PCC is northbound on Clark at Roosevelt Road. Total time: 79:30 Photo 513 has a pet peeve caption as far as I am concerned. Prior to its more official naming, the media referred to the Bronzeville neighborhood and adjacent areas using derisive names such as the "Black Belt," "Black Ghetto," and even more appalling names such as "Darkie Town." The heart of the Englewood shopping district on Chicago's South Side, photographed looking north on Halsted Street from the 63rd Street elevated train platform, circa May 1945. Black communities protested, and the strife culminated in five days of violence that left thirty-eight deadtwenty-three Black and fifteen white Chicagoans. Amazing! Photos depict intersections, streets, bridges, snow removal and other traffic features in the city, mainly along major streets. Late 1950s. So, my best guess is this picture was taken during the summer of 1954. In the 1950s, the Chicago Transit Authority sought to . 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