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second floor and attic The spokesman said the fire also caused an estimated $30,000 to the house next door at 81 Pennsylvania St Two adults there were displaced and are being assisted by the American Red Cross Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Email notifications are only sent once a day Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account A man died after falling into the south branch of the Chicago River April 9 Divers tried to rescue a man who died after falling off a bridge into the south branch of the Chicago River Wednesday morning on the Lower West Side It happened at 23rd and Halsted streets around 7:15 a.m. CFD has deployed divers from helicopter into the water at 23 and Halsted for report of person falling from bridge..(715am) The fire department deployed two divers from a helicopter and the man was found underneath the surface after about 10 minutes of searching He was pronounced dead shortly after he was found “The divers had to search the murky waters for him,” Langford said Josh Neufeld uses comics journalism to tell the story of how the Alive Faith Network coalition of churches on the West Side is working with Rush University Medical Center to attack this major public health problem Black Chicagoans have a life expectancy of nine years less than other Chicago residents A big factor is uncontrolled high blood pressure which is significantly more prevalent in Chicago’s African American population than among other groups Josh Neufeld is using comics journalism to tell the story of how the Alive Faith Network coalition of churches on the West Side is working with Rush University Medical Center to attack this major public health problem titled “Closing the Gap,” draws on research published by the journal Prevention Science along with additional sources of information — including interviews with five of the people involved in this effort: Elizabeth “Beth” Lynch All five appear as characters in the comic which describes an innovative community health worker intervention aimed at reducing blood pressure among the congregants of several area churches The characters’ speech balloon quotes are shaded in light pink and come directly from their interviews with Neufeld The white speech balloons represent indirect quotes — such as when one person recalled what another person said during a community health visit The text in yellow caption boxes represents the narrative This piece adds to the growing field of graphic medicine which uses comics as a tool to tell true stories about health care experiences and to get to the heart of complex medical topics in an easy-to-understand fashion This comic is co-published under a Creative Commons license with The Journalist’s Resource, a project of Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Public Policy that commissioned the work Discarded police tape in the 2000 block of South Paulina Street in Pilsen is seen after a triple shooting early Monday An argument outside a Pilsen bar sparked a shooting that left a Cicero man dead and two others wounded early Monday 25-year-old Frankie Revilla and two 32-year-old men were arguing on the sidewalk outside Caminos de Michoacan a bar in the 2000 block of South Paulina Street was taken to Stroger Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his body according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office One of the 32-year-old men was shot multiple times and was in critical condition at Stroger A man was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting in the Lower West Side Thursday morning were in the 2300 block of West 24th Street when someone opened fire around 10:25 a.m. They took themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital was struck in the head and pronounced dead police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said The other suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the body and was in critical condition Pilsen’s 18th Street offers a diverse array of trendy eateries More than simply a destination neighborhood Pilsen has a reputation for its gutsy arts district its Second Friday gallery events and its 50 street murals around 16th Street that celebrate local culture Please check your inbox for your confirmation By subscribing, you agree with WBEZ’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Pilsen’s would be piping hot Mexican food from a taco stand after a few beers at The Barrel We asked three Pilsen residents to show us around their neighborhood and collected a variety of dining Alex Carillo and Mars Jones give their recommendations on the best places to shop Photoillustration by Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis/WBEZ Alex Carrillo has lived in Pilsen for two years As a nail technician and nail blogger on Instagram (@bythepolish) she says it’s easy to find inspiration around the neighborhood Nadia Garofalo moved to Pilsen in 2018 because it was close to her work Mars Jones is a DJ and artist who has lived in Pilsen for four years Irish immigrants originally settled the area around 18th Street and the Chicago River and they were eventually followed by new arrivals from Germany Bohemian immigrants fleeing the Austro-Hungarian Empire arrived in droves after the fourth largest city in what is today the Czech Republic but it dropped in subsequent decades as blue-collar workers moved to the suburbs Daley announced a proposal for the University of Illinois Chicago campus at Harrison and Halsted streets a development that displaced families and affordable housing Pilsen residents have fought to maintain the neighborhood’s character and sustain its unique and ferociously proud culture Pilsen has seen increases in property taxes wealthier white families moving in and local businesses being pushed out Yet residents have fought to maintain Pilsen’s character and sustain its unique and ferociously proud culture “I try to be a good neighbor and pay attention to local politics and happenings as much as I can,” Garofalo says Carillo says she loves the “strong sense of Mexican heritage in the community Pilsen allows people to get a little taste of Mexican culture without traveling too far.” She says her ideal day starts at Cafe Jumping Bean (1439 W. 18th St.) for an iced matcha latte. She also likes the iced horchata latte at La Malinche Coffee & Tea House (2110 S opened in 2021 by husband-and-wife owners who moved from Mexico City La Malinche Coffee & Tea House opened in 2021 If you’re seeking a truly unique coffee house, visit Holy Grounds at St. Paul Catholic Church (2127 W 19th St.) a family-owned diner with limited seating but incredible steak and eggs with green peppers Garofalo suggests Azul 18 (1236 W 18th St.) for the breakfast vegetable hash and a morning juice If you’re a brunch person, Pochos (1727 W 18th St.) made the move to Pilsen from McKinley Park in 2022 Good luck choosing between the chorizo benedict empanadas or a massive challah French toast with chicken A neighborhood favorite for lunch is 5 Rabanitos (1758 W one chicken and one shrimp) and “whatever margarita I’m feeling at the moment.” Currently that’s the 5 Rabanitos-style margarita and the Mezcal Serrano The go-to order at Carnitas Uruapan is the carnitas Jones also knows that some of the best tacos come from the taco man off 21st and Leavitt For a good taco dinner, Carillo recommends El Costeño (2007 S. Damen Ave.), which is right off the Damen Pink Line stop. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 5 Rabanitos (@5rabanitos) Outside of Mexican cuisine, Garofalo loves the vegan jibarito and yucca fries from The Jibarito Stop (1646 W. 18th St.) and Bobijoa (1140 W 18th St.) for Korean food She suggests ordering the gimbap and tteokbokki a sweet and soft bread eaten on the holiday with hot chocolate or placed on an altar The flower shop Strewn in Pilsen has a beautiful back patio Shopping in Pilsen ranges from vintage stores to record emporiums to flower shops, and it’s one of the reasons why Pilsen’s 18th Street was named one of the world’s coolest streets earlier this year “I love the vibrant colors and art murals that you spot while taking a stroll,” says Carillo Giron Spanish Books opened in 1985 as a massive warehouse serving Spanish-language titles to major bookstore chains around the country If you’re looking for a bookstore, Giron Spanish Books (2141 W 21st St.) opened in 1985 as a massive warehouse serving Spanish-language titles to major bookstore chains around the country The Textile Discount Outlet (2121 W 21st St.) is paradise for any seamstress or tailor The 75,000-square-foot building houses 13 rooms of endless fabrics and accessories The Textile Discount Outlet has 13 rooms of endless fabrics and accessories Although summer has ended, it doesn’t mean winter biking can’ be your thing. Visit Irv’s Bike Shop (1725 S Prepare for colder months by heading into Verde Holistic Wellness Studio (905 W which focuses on Mesoamerican ancestral traditions Winter treatments include hot stone massages and an incredible pomada de árnica for muscle and joint relief Similarly, the holistic health clinic Sanctuary Health (1843 S Racine Ave.) provides microneedling and acupuncture services Sanctuary Health provides microneedling and acupuncture services Corner stores in Pilsen are also plentiful Jones exclusively shops at Pilsen Tobacco & Convenience Store (1332 W “Those are my people and always have everything I need,” he says Leavitt St.) and Luciano’s Grocery (1712 W Jones says there is always something to do in Pilsen “Take a walk across 18th Street and you’re bound to stumble upon something,” he says “The most popping intersections are 18th and Racine and 18th and Blue Island.” Vault Gallerie (2015 S. Laflin St.) and Mana Contemporary (2233 S Throop St.) in particular always have arts events and programming “I’ve got a nice amount of buddies with studios in Mana so the art walks are always fire and feel like another day walking through the neighborhood,” says Jones The National Museum of Mexican Art offers free admission Jones says: “I’m blessed to witness and experience all of these folks in my neighborhood.” Celebrating Pilsen for Day of the Dead — or any day of the year — starts with supporting the businesses that have laid their foundations here From stores dating back to the ‘70s to restaurants offering authentic Mexican cuisines Pilsen’s streets offer endless explorations of a strong and mighty culture Nicole Lane is an editor for Healthnews and freelance journalist The Fiesta del Sol celebration in Pilsen in July A member of the board of directors of Pilsen Alliance questions the need for TIF expansion in the neighborhood but rising costs have forced many neighbors out we now face the threat of an expanded Pilsen TIF (tax increment financing) district which could accelerate gentrification and displace even more residents often called Chicago’s “shadow budgets,” don’t directly raise taxes but divert revenue away from schools Non-TIF neighborhoods then carry a greater burden of funding these services it still meets the legal definition of blight This isn’t Pilsen’s first battle against the TIF. In the mid-1990s A compromise limited the TIF to the industrial corridor along Cermak and Blue Island it was quietly renewed for 12 more years by ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Ald your neighborhood or hometown and a phone number for verification purposes Letters should be a maximum of approximately 375 words Adding to the frustration, Mayor Brandon Johnson, who plans to phase out TIF usage in favor of a bond program The TIF will generate nearly $1 billion without a clear plan from our alderman The mayor’s bond program is a step in the right direction, so why is he supporting Sigcho-Lopez’s unpopular proposal? Especially considering the projected budget deficit With a crucial vote looming at the City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday we urge all Chicagoans to stand with us against the TIF expansion I was grateful to read Neil Steinberg’s Sept. 5 column on what the recent Blue Line executions show about the state of our society I agree with his remark that we hold the homeless in contempt but would add that this contempt extends to all of Chicago’s poor including working-class folks who staff or rely on public transportation on a daily basis This problem manifests itself in a particularly egregious way on the CTA because we do not really view public transportation as a common good but as a last resort for those who — we implicitly think — were not clever or industrious enough to “get what’s theirs” in our (alleged) meritocratic society Our L trains and buses are like a funnel where the elderly homeless and students — all the “losers” from our materialist hyper-acquisitive perspective — are thrown together What is so frustrating and heartbreaking is that our political and civic leaders even when they claim to be fighting for these disadvantaged communities Think back to the quip one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nominees for the Regional Transportation Authority board levied in response to aldermanic questioning: “As a man This comment’s barely veiled misogyny — those who use public transit are weak silly and feminine — shows how deeply hatred for the vulnerable has been internalized and normalized by those who profess to serve them just parrot campaign slogans at crime — “better safer” — instead of laying out the concrete steps they are taking to drastically and immediately improve transit security Carter, at least, should know better, given his rich international travels on the taxpayer’s dime: a quadruple murder on public transportation would That it won’t do so here is a testament to the Chicago elite’s sad and fatal failure of political imagination making our beloved city and less and less livable by the day The editorial on the Yellow Banana Grocery Store was spot on (“Will Yellow Banana’s grocery store deal with city go bad?”) I predict that if this store goes under the city will never recover the money it invested The city’s spending under the Johnson administration — like the foolish $814,000 fence like ignoring a massive budget deficit — is highly questionable and troubling There is no doubt that this will result in massive tax increases and job layoffs actually hurting the people the administration wishes to help There is no substitute for sound economic decisions you correctly reported that last month’s inflation number showed a decline in inflation (“The big number”) It failed to take the opportunity to place that number in perspective as it affects your readers that does not mean that the consumer can expect prices to be lower The overall rise in consumer prices in the last four years is at or above 20% Any of your readers who makes a trip to the market tomorrow will realize that their dollar buys only 80% of what it did four years ago Dixey finds it frustrating that the side is still being let down off it I couldn’t help but feel ever so slightly disappointed that we had only gained a point against Birmingham City That’s not because I was disappointed with our performance far from it - I was disappointed that we had once again shown that we are more than capable of competing against anyone in this division yet continue to lack the ongoing investment and infrastructure to move forward without uncertainty Wind back seven days and we had just beaten a stubborn but not very effective Rotherham United side The referee had obviously been copied in on the “Reading are now allowed to be awarded penalties” email from his bosses much to the delight of Rotherham manager Steve Evans In fairness to Evans (and you will never hear me say that again) two disallowed goals and a saved penalty meant it was a thoroughly miserable afternoon for him and his team After the game Evans confirmed that Noel Hunt could now buy the club And so back to the Birmingham game - which in comparison to the 2-1 victory against Rotherham and can be filed in the ‘very entertaining 0-0’ category courtesy of the sort of battling performance that makes you proud of a side that cost nothing competing against one that cost £38 million (if you include injured Jay Stansfield) I have always maintained that this group of players have something special and with the right investment in the club and a few longer-term contract offers we could be witnessing the start of an exciting journey I do not want to go into the proposed takeover too much as we have all had our fingers burnt enough times already but if the prospective new owner was watching on Saturday I’m sure he would have been impressed with the attitude and spirit within the team while being equally unimpressed with the state of the pitch While everyone in a Reading shirt put in a shift against Birmingham I would defy anyone to be anything but impressed by Amadou Mbengue who continues to typify the fight and spirit this squad has Mbengue’s goal-line clearance in the second half will be rightly highlighted as his standout moment but his overall play and will to win are examples to anyone who wants to play sport in a team environment but I am led to believe that he trains exactly how he plays always showing passion and commitment for what he is doing I think it was Pep Guardiola who once said: “If you train badly you play the same way,” which seems as if it could have been written for Mbengue My favourite Amadou moment though was a crunching tackle on Lyndon Dykes in front of the Lower West which led to shouts of “you’ve just been Mbengue’d!” This was certainly not a one-man performance though Michael Craig turned into prime Dennis Bergkamp in his own half a couple of times Harvey Knibbs hassled the life out of every Birmingham player for 90 minutes and Lewis Wing proved once again that playing just 10-15 yards further forward gives him the time and space to be the best ball player in League One From the first minute it was clear that Reading were not just going to lie down for Birmingham’s expensively assembled squad who had the luxury of replacing Dykes in the second half with Alfie May while our bench once again resembled the end of a school trip when you are all sat waiting for the coach to arrive That’s certainly not a criticism of those warming the bench who have done everything asked of them since stepping up but it is a constant reminder that we are so reliant on the 11 selected to start the game While other teams can afford the luxury of substitutions that may alter the game I can’t think of many games this season when our own changes have switched the game in our favour Which really leads me to my first point and my disappointment with a point against Birmingham because we matched - and at times outplayed - a team that will win this division comfortably I’m not disappointed with the attitude shown by the players who gave everything to try and win the game typified by several standout individual performances I’m not disappointed with the way we set up and played as the players seem to be adapting to Noel’s formation and we are starting to see some good football emerge from it I am disappointed because the game showed how great this team and club could be with the right ownership and investment we have enough contracted players to play five-a-side and if we still have the same ownership then there is absolutely no chance of that being added to I make light of it because that’s my way of dealing with the unthinkable and therefore I pray that the latest rumoured takeover turns out to be the one that saves us the Birmingham game typified why someone must invest in this club because there are so many great things waiting to happen with this team and my disappointment with a draw against the runaway league leaders could just be the start of it with more points being picked up on the road than at home so I am hopeful that trend continues going into this game so I’m expecting this to be a tough game and think that another point on the road is the most likely outcome Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon The best of Chicago straight to your inbox We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy Chicago without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. 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Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! twitterinstagrampinterestspotifyAbout us Contact us Time Out magazine BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — It was a rare tornado that ripped through Buffalo's lower West Side on Monday and major cleanup continues The National Weather Service Buffalo confirmed it was an EF-1 tornado that touched down with an estimated peak wind of 90 mph A Niagara Street building near Downtown Buffalo has been deemed unsafe by the city after its roof was ripped off Two buffalo men share a friendship and deep ties to that building on Niagara Street Abdo Saleh has lived here for 33 years and his stepson owns the building He was inside when the twister rolled through "I go to the door — I see the living room is gone to the ground,” Saleh said He could not believe seeing the roof of his apartment torn off and shared photos of the devastation "And I'm of the philosophy — everything happens for a reason,” Colon remarked Colon owns Mighty Fine Fashions in the building He said he was just pulling up as bricks from the building flew everywhere I didn't know that the roof had blown off up until maybe couple hours later when you know there was a drone circling around and then obviously when he came down and let us know that these his living quarters had been affected,” described Colon The City of Buffalo placed a notice on the building deeming it unsafe Buffalo's commissioner of permit and inspection says the posting is to keep people away from the building “They're going to need a structural engineer to assess the damage to put together plans to fix the building itself and that's all through the permitting process we are already in contact,” Catherine Amdur explained The Niagara Street building was one of three roofs significantly damaged a roof from a home blew off and landed around the block on Whitney Place “I’m just saddened by what happened and I’m hopeful and optimistic that we're gonna get through it A GoFundMe was established to help Colon, which you can find here The city will conduct a special curbside pickup in the neighborhood hit by the twister But city leaders are urging residents and businesses not to put debris to the curb until Friday Below you can watch several videos of the tornado that were sent to 7 News We want to hear what’s going on in your community Share your voice and hear from your neighbors NY — The rules of the road are changing on the Upper West Side the Department of Transportation has released its initial list of streets where speed limits could be changed with an Upper West Side street among the first batch gives the City of New York authority to reduce speed limits to 20 mph on individual streets and to 10 mph on select streets undergoing safety-related redesigns The passage came more than a decade after the law's namesake—Sammy Cohen Eckstein, 12—was struck by a motorist in Park Slope. to become an activist advocating for lower speed limits aimed at preventing similar tragedies After nearly 2,500 traffic deaths and years of advocacy Cohen stood alongside Governor Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at her son's former school for a rally celebrating the law's signing back in April no matter how they travel,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi Sammy’s Law provided a tool to make sure everyone arrives safely to their destination I thank the Department of Transportation for putting this tool to use and using a data-driven and targeted approach as we continue to make our streets safer.” NYC DOT will begin lowering speed limits in 250 locations by the end of 2025 One of those locations is West 64th Street between West End Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue The Upper West Side block was among 10 streets proposed in this initial batch for reduced speed limits in Manhattan the first streets slated for 20-mph speed limits are: "These changes will prevent more injuries and death so no one will have to go through what I am going through and what countless other New Yorkers who have experienced injury or lost a loved one due to traffic violence are going through," said Juliane Williams In addition to reducing speed limits to 20 mph on specific blocks the DOT will establish "Regional Slow Zones" in each borough encompassing multiple streets with lowered speed limits to 20 mph The initial area under consideration will be lower Manhattan south of Canal Street with implementation planned by the end of this year or early next year The current default speed limit across the city is 25 mph and reducing vehicle speeds by even a few miles per hour could be the difference between life or death in a traffic crash,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Rodriguez “The new Regional Slow Zones and other speed limit reductions announced today will save lives and keep people safe.” Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations museum exhibits and books recount the Lower East Side's immigrant history from 19th century tenements to Chinatown and Little Italy But far less attention is paid to the history of Manhattan's “Lower West Side,” which was once a bustling immigrant hub and the home of what historians say was the United States' first Arabic-speaking community A new two-hour walking tour aims to change that Asad Dandia, a New York native and tour guide at the Museum of the City of New York, worked with local historians, preservationists and residents to unearth some of the forgotten history of the “Lower West Side” and its former “Little Syria” enclave “Little Syria and the Lower West Side are the quintessential examples of the stories that could be erased if people weren’t there to tell it,” Dandia said Asad Dandia leading a local tour in Battery Park pointing at a 3-D depiction of an early map of Dutch New Amsterdam a wave of immigrants from Ottoman Syria — which encompasses much of modern-day Syria Israel and Palestine — flocked to a roughly four-block neighborhood just south of what would become the World Trade Center and the construction of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel largely displaced those who remained The central thoroughfare of what was once known as the "Syrian Quarter" — or eventually "Little Syria" — ran along Washington Street from the Battery to Albany Street and the neighborhood’s immigrant homes radiated out onto adjacent side streets the street was bustling with men in fezzes and women in kerchiefs local eateries sold stuffed grape leaves and kebabs The neighborhood was the “Mother Colony” for other Arabic-speaking communities in the country as the diaspora’s earliest and largest financial and cultural center, said Jacobs, who wrote a book on the neighborhood and whose grandparents lived there “We're so happy that he's carrying on the legacy,” Jacobs said of Dandia adding that she and fellow “Lower West Side” tour guide Joseph Svehlak have “passed on the mantle” to him Here’s some of the highlights of the neighborhood’s history, from Dandia and other historians. 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Gothamist is a website about New York City news This post is part of a series by the Historic Districts Council, exploring the groups selected for their Six to Celebrate program New York’s only targeted citywide list of preservation priorities and appealing to the Landmarks Commission to designate a small historic district Map Courtesy of the Arab National Museum It’s one of Manhattan’s oldest and most diverse neighborhoods Due to its location at the tip of Manhattan its development history goes back to the earliest European settlement of what is now New York City immigrants settled on the Lower West Side because of its proximity to Castle Garden and Ellis Island as residents became successful and moved away from the busy harbor their homes were converted to multi-family tenements to accommodate new waves of immigrants Irish and Germans began to arrive in large numbers followed in the 1880s by groups from the Ottoman Middle East 27 nationalities were represented in the neighborhood that stretched from Liberty Street to Battery Park and from Broadway to the Hudson River A man wearing a fez selling drinks in Little Syria in the early 1900s courtesy of the Library of Congress’ Bain Collection A fragment cornerstone of a Syrian Maronite church was found under the rubble of the World Trade Center From the 1880s to the 1940s the largest concentration of Arab immigrants in Manhattan lived on the Lower West Side in what came to be called the Syrian Quarter, or Little Syria It was a predominantly Christian community which stood at the corner of Cedar and West Streets was discovered among the rubble of the World Trade Center Of the many churches that once stood in Little Syria George’s Syrian Melkite Church remains at 103 Washington Street; it was designated as a New York City Landmark in 2009 due in large part to the advocacy of a group that later became Friends of the Lower West Side 109 Washington Street via Wiki Commons A few other historically significant buildings have also survived: a townhouse at 96 Greenwich Street built in 1798; the Dickey House built in 1810; and the last continuously inhabited tenement house at 109 Washington Street which features unique cast iron lintels decorated with Federal Style style garlands Residents in the area were twice displaced by eminent domain: in the 1940s for the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and in the 1960s when the neighborhood was all but erased for the construction of the World Trade Center Photo of the original Washington Street Sahadi’s from an 1899 New York Times article, courtesy of the collection of Linda K. Jacobs The famous Brooklyn grocery store Sahadi’s originated here in the 1880s Other businesses that thrived included textile importers, lace and lingerie manufacturers, printing presses, and newspaper publishers. When kimonos became fashionable in the 1910s, every kimono worn in the U.S. came from Syrian factories on the Lower West Side. Radio Row was the center of New York’s electronics trade from the 1920s through the 1960s one author described Syrian immigrants as “ready-made Yankees.” the country’s first Arabic language publication courtesy of Mary Mokarzel and the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center formed a literary club called The Pen League with writers from the Lower West Side The names of some of these writers can be found on benches in Elizabeth Berger Park These writers not only brought new kinds of poetry to America but revitalized and modernized Arabic poetry More than a dozen Arabic newspapers were published here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Google Street View of 105-107 Washington Street Wealthy Wall Street merchants built a settlement house for Lower West Side immigrants in the 1920s still standing at 105-107 Washington Street health center and milk station on the ground floor kitchen and dressmaking school on the upper floors The building was designed by noted architect John F Jackson in the Colonial Revival style favored for settlement houses which aimed to “Americanize” the immigrants they served The Lower West Side is one of the fastest growing residential areas in the city As developers are building luxury skyscrapers in what had been a commercial Friends of the Lower West Side is struggling to preserve the vestiges of a significant and colorful past These include three contiguous buildings at 105-109 Washington Street–a tenement house and a church—and a cluster of 19th-century buildings on Greenwich Street The trio on Washington represents three pillars of the immigrant community they once served: home only the landmarked church has a guaranteed future This post comes from the Historic Districts Council Founded in 1970 as a coalition of community groups from the city’s designated historic districts HDC has grown to become one of the foremost citywide voices for historic preservation Serving a network of over 500 neighborhood-based community groups in all five boroughs preserve and enhance New York City’s historic buildings and neighborhoods through ongoing advocacy By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a8510d7066732c539029f77d80acf450" );document.getElementById("d57a537edf").setAttribute( "id" and website in this browser for the next time I comment Cool article and history I need to take a walk again thru that neighborhood My mother’s ancestors had a store at 53 and 55 Washington street in 1829 They had a store and boarding house on the corner of Washington and Morris numbered 40-44 It might be the same place with changed numbers 10 battery place police and when deputy marshal He was an alderman and on the board of trustees for the first city college He was an agent on Elizabeth Street then had a bar at 601 east 13th street in 1874-75 By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Let us know what you are looking for and we’ll help you find the home of your dreams We’ll provide current market comps and connect you with a trusted expert By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.You can unsubscribe at any time 2022A man and a woman were killed in a shooting on the border of Chicago's Lower West Side and Littlle Village neighborhoods Monday afternoon A CPD officer was injured in the aftermatCHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were killed in a shooting in Chicago's Lower West Side a 32-year-old male and a 29-year-old female were both inside a vehicle at the time of the shooting on 21st Street just west of Western Avenue after the shooting until it struck a parked car in the 2300-block of West 21st Street Both the man and the woman were pronounced dead at the scene Witnesses reported hearing as many as eight gunshots Witnesses said a large crowd descended on the scene after the shooting and it appeared that a fight broke out between the crowd and police officers She was taken to a local hospital for treatment in fair condition Three people were taken into custody during the chaos in the aftermath of the shooting No one is currently in custody for the shooting photographer Wil Blanche was assigned by the newly-formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to document New York’s decaying natural environment in what was the first major look at the impact of industrial cities Blanche’s photos were part of Documerica a photographic project looking at areas of environmental concern across the United States Blacnche’s assignment was to focus on Lower Manhattan where the newly-built 1,368-foot-tall Twin Towers had been erected Blanche’s task was to visually show the link between Americans and their impact on the environment He photographed all types of scenes including landfill sites and traffic entering the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel Now the photos act as a remarkable and thorough photo documentation of a New York that was very different. The 1970s was a notoriously difficult time for the Big Apple with riots playing out after a blackout in 1977 According to Flashbak Blanche was a New York native who worked for magazines like Esquire His photos are an incredible resource for those studying the city’s history but it is difficult to look at images of the World Trade Center without thinking about the horror that played out on September 11 Documerica ran from 1972 to 1977 and involved over 100 freelance photographers capturing images of air and water pollution across the United States on behalf of the EPA The shutterbugs also captured the impact of industrialization as well as daily life in urban and rural areas Over 22,000 photographs were produced which offered an insight into how the environment was affecting people’s lives The negatives and prints are housed in the National Archives and are considered to be a valuable historical resource Image credits: Photographs by Wil Blanche/Environmental Protection Agency/Public Domain Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free South Side Weekly Spanish Gentrification has already pushed property taxes in Pilsen and Heart of Chicago residents are beginning to worry that the proliferation of Airbnbs in the area will push them even higher Residents said they aren’t necessarily worried about people occasionally renting out Airbnbs long-term It’s more about the hotel-like Airbnbs operated by affluent people in struggling communities especially when the people involved aren’t from the community Airbnbs can stimulate gentrification. A 2017 study found that short-term rentals like Airbnb take away already scarce housing and landlords may encourage tenant evictions so they can earn more Higher prices result in higher property value and taxes which forces homeowners to increase the rent or force people who cannot afford the taxes to sell their homes.  is one of the many short-term rentals that have proliferated in Pilsen in recent years an artist who bought the two-story home in 2004 for $259,000 with the Pink Line Damen stop minutes away and the Damen and Western Avenue buses nearby The Stevenson Expressway is about a mile away.  the house went on sale with an asking price of $500,000.  Gentry did not respond to requests for comment As of press time, the house is listed as “contingent” on Redfin, meaning an offer has been accepted, but additional criteria must be met to complete the sale. It was listed by @propetries Christie’s International Estate, a global network of luxury real estate brokerage firms that claims $29 billion in annual sales owned by Mike Golden and Thaddeus Wong.  A spokesperson for @properties said that over the last two years they’ve been involved in about fifty real-estate transactions on the Lower West Side They’ve represented both buyers and sellers and the property types include both residential and commercial Sign up to get the Weekly Digest delivered to your inbox The brokerage company @properties was a key driver in the gentrification of various North Side neighborhoods, including Wicker Park “You have to bring people in with art galleries and restaurants,” he said “That’s how people become familiar with neighborhoods.”  Pilsen fought against development projects to prevent gentrification But those efforts were challenged in 1996 when alderman Danny Solis was appointed to the 25th Ward by then-mayor Richard M a closed committee of neighborhood leaders that he himself appointed.  The Weekly interviewed John J. Betancur, a professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois in Chicago who has studied gentrification in Chicago for decades and co-wrote the 2016 book Claiming Neighborhood: New Ways of Understanding Urban Change While there was pushback against outside developers especially from organizations like Pilsen Alliance other organizations supported “balanced development,” which Betancur said was “a nice way to hide the gentrification from the agenda.”  He said that organizations such as The Resurrection Project and Pilsen Neighbors Community Council supported Solis Despite having a mission of guarding against displacement they “jumped on the bandwagon of what is called a nonprofit industrial complex and became more interested in building themselves than saving the neighborhood,” he added.  While rental prices grew unaffordable for some residents “They [took] advantage of the fact that they already have a starting point a good job and great access to resources and knowledge of the market,” Betancur said Julia Madera has lived on 24th and Damen for thirty-two years. In 1998, Madera and her husband bought a multi-family home on the block for $152,000 She raised her three children who are now thirty They all attended early childhood programs at the community organization El Valor and went to nearby Irma Ruiz Elementary School “I like it because everything is within walking distance Madera said their neighbors have left over the years moving to other neighborhoods and suburbs where homes and rent are less.  Betancur said that when families leave due to gentrification they sacrifice a lot of the benefits of being in a metropolitan area such as the schools being within walking distance and developing systems of support like churches and community organizations “It just means dissolution of the extended family…that’s what gentrification produces,” he said “That’s what society doesn’t care about.”  Madera said she wants to keep the home in the family she and her husband sold the building to their eldest son Madera and her husband live in one of the units Her grandchildren now attend preschool programs at El Valor.  The house and property taxes are currently being split between three different incomes—her husband’s and their two sons’ Her husband and oldest son work as cement truck drivers and the younger son is a butcher at Casa del Pueblo in Pilsen and a Tony’s Fresh Market.  Madera said that even though it’s hard to pay for the family home but it’s a lot safer than other neighborhoods,” she said “I don’t imagine living anywhere else.”  Recently, Pilsen activists have fought back against the record-high property tax hike and Alderman Byron Sighco-Lopez (25th Ward) supports expanding the more than twenty-five-year-old Pilsen Industrial Corridor TIF district to build affordable housing But not everyone in the community is on board Some residents fear that property taxes will increase Betancur agrees and adds that affordable housing is not necessarily affordable.  In order to be eligible for affordable housing good credit—resources that people who are struggling tend not to have “It’s a poisonous idea.” He added that affordable housing also causes the value of the surrounding properties to go up “I understand people’s concerns,” said Sigcho-Lopez who was previously the director of Pilsen Alliance and isn’t a fan of TIFs “When the market gets that this is not about bringing luxury development and not about bringing luxury businesses and that this is actually an amendment to address displacement in the neighborhood… I think the market will adjust based on those expectations.”  He also said they are working on legislation that would allow TIF dollars to also be used directly to assist homeowners and small businesses impacted by the tax increases Sigcho-Lopez said ultimately he sees an immediate need for development “We want to make sure that the creation of new housing is done by the community Madera said some of her neighbors left for Back of the Yards where rent is more affordable and home prices are much less It’s sad because they actually end up losing because it’s a high crime area.” Madera said that some of her neighbors also moved to the southwest suburbs said she has lived in the Heart of Chicago area for thirty years She raised nine children along with her husband she said she has seen a huge change with more güeros In 1990, the Lower West Side, where Pilsen and Heart of Chicago are located, was 88 percent Latinx the percentage of Latinx residents had dropped to 71 percent.  Delatado sells elotes and ice cones from a pushcart in front of her house for extra money Delatado and her daughter pay $1,000 for a three-bedroom apartment unit She said her neighbors next door are paying more than $3,000 each month moved to Heart of Chicago three years ago to provide their son with a good environment and heard good things about the nearby schools “It’s a nice family block,” Cass said.   their landlord jumped the rent from $2,750 to $3,150 on their duplex with three bedrooms and a den They said that the landlord lives in Morton Grove but they were coming up on our rent crazy,” Cass said “It was already at the highest end of our price range.”  Betancur said gentrification is not inevitable He pointed to rent control as one measure and assessing homes not on its property market but the income of the owners so that people don’t have to pay taxes on the basis of the market value of the building Betancur also said he thinks it’s important to lower taxes for homeowners who are struggling to pay Those are tools that exist in the book.”  is getting elected officials on board.  “Most of the people in City Council are realtors themselves and make their money speculating or are attorneys themselves heavy in the industry of appealing taxes and are heavy in the business assisting with real estate transactions,” he said Alma Campos is a senior editor for the Weekly but has he directly helped low-income families in Pilsen Has he provided free to low cost medical care I must have missed the Betancur Medical Center and Housing Community Please let me know where it’s located so I can send neighbors seeking help his way Betancur kept his professorial opinions on gentrification to the classroom instead of pointing fingers at key Pilsen institutions that are *trying* to keep low-income families healthy and housed He is clearly educated enough to understand that organizations must operate in the broader system of power and finance; but he ignores that to cast petty blame as if the non-profits he mentioned are renting out AirB&Bs or approving recycling centers in our community He seems delighted to offer a quote though must love the fame outside of the Peoria darkened classrooms Also – what kind of urban policy professor says “don’t approve more construction permits” in a community dealing with high cost of housing We need new homes – of all types – built on appropriate sites to ease pressure on the existing housing stock and reduce displacement Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" View More View More Guacolda Reyes is the Resurrection Project’s chief real estate development officer Rents at the Ashland Avenue project would be affordable to those earning 60% of the Chicago-area median The Resurrection Project has proposed affordable housing for a vacant parcel on the Lower West Side seeking zoning approval for a project that needs to line up financing and subsidies before construction can start The nonprofit group wants to build on former industrial land it owns at 2134 S It submitted a zoning application to the City Council last week calling for a building with 100 units the group’s chief real estate development officer She said all would be available at rents that are affordable to those earning no more than 60% of the Chicago-area median income 60% of the current annual AMI amounts to $62,520 “Gentrification and displacement are being felt throughout the community for renters and homeowners alike,” Reyes said She said the units would be a mix of one- to three-bedrooms reflecting the demand for affordable housing the group has seen from families in its largely Latino service area Resurrection is active in Pilsen and Little Village where Reyes said it owns and manages about 600 rental units along with 142 in Melrose Park The zoning application starts a hearing process that could lead to approval by the City Council in a few weeks But Reyes said that before construction can start the group needs decisions on financial help from the state and city Resurrection intends to apply for low-income housing tax credits through the Illinois Housing Development Authority will compete with several others and that a decision could come in May Discussions are underway with the city’s Housing Department for help in the form of tax-increment financing or interest-free loans she declined to estimate the cost of the project If help is available to keep the building affordable construction could start in late 2024 or early 2025 The group is working with the Chicago architectural firm DesignBridge The Resurrection Project proposal calls for 98 one- and two-bedroom units for a vacant lot on South Ashland Avenue on the Lower West Side Construction could start in late 2024 or early 2025 and take two years to complete The seven-story building on about an acre would contain no commercial space but would have room for community programs The site is across Ashland from Benito Juarez Community Academy Plans call for 32 parking spaces in the development a relatively low allotment that reflects city planners’ desire to reduce dependence on cars where public transit is close by said that although he awaits comments from neighbors he’s in favor of the building’s emphasis on affordable units designed for families Sigcho-Lopez said he has a goal of 1,000 new affordable units in the ward Some of that could come on a critical 6-acre parcel the city acquired at 18th and Peoria streets Reyes said Resurrection would submit a proposal for the property once the city invites submissions A 19-year-old man shot Sunday afternoon has died Antonio Alvarado was on a sidewalk in the 2300 block of South Oakley Avenue about 2:10 p.m the Cook County medical examiner’s office said An autopsy is scheduled for later Monday and Area 4 detectives are investigating A man was found shot multiple times in the 2200 block of South Bell Avenue a man and a woman in a vehicle were shot dead on West 21st Street a man was found shot to death on the Lower West Side and two others gunned down in separate attacks that the local alderperson said were potentially linked to an escalating gang war Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) told the Sun-Times that a preliminary police investigation revealed “there may be a connection” between the double homicide and the earlier killing The two shootings appear to be connected to an entrenched gang conflict that’s flared up This green Jeep and a nearby black Honda were taped off by police after the shooting that left two dead Monday afternoon Police arrested three people when a disturbance broke out as they were investigating the shooting noting that the second shooting was caught on a nearby police surveillance camera a 34-year-old man was shot multiple times in the 2200 block of South Bell Avenue Sigcho-Lopez said officials were monitoring that area amid concerns over possible violence a man and woman were shot while driving east in the 2400 block of West 21st Street just a few blocks from the earlier shooting The vehicle came to a rest after striking another car in the next block and an officer was injured during an apparent disturbance with onlookers The man was identified as Michel Cruz and the woman was identified as Micaela Castaneda by the Cook County medical examiner’s office The officer was “maintaining control of the scene” when she suffered an injured leg Three people were taken into custody in connection with the incident Police taped off two cars: a green Jeep on the west side of Western with half a dozen evidence markers nearby; and a black Honda on the east side of Western with front-end damage A woman cried near the scene as police investigated Other family members and friends of the victims gathered at Mount Sinai but declined to speak to a Sun-Times reporter Police work the scene where two people were killed on the Lower West Side Byron Sigcho-Lopez called for more funds for violence prevention Sigcho-Lopez called for more funding for anti-violence work along with a transparent system showing “how these funds are being used.” “Many of these incidents — homicides and tragedies — keep going on in some of the most vulnerable areas of the city,” he said “So I think there’s a lot of work in terms of accountability all around.” Two people were shot on Saturday in the 1700 block of West 18th Place One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Saturday night on the Lower West Side A man and a woman were outside about 9:15 p.m in the 1700 block of West 18th Place when someone opened fire suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was later pronounced dead according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office was struck in the leg and taken to the same hospital in fair condition A witness told police they saw a white SUV fleeing the scene Pilsen is a neighborhood that overflows with music and sensational murals as far as the eye can see Maybe that’s why it was named one of the coolest neighborhoods around the world by Forbes The first thing you’ll notice about Pilsen is the colorful street art. The buildings are covered in massive paintings and mosaics that pay homage to the neighborhood’s Hispanic roots. Take a stroll around the neighborhood to soak it all in, particularly the 16th Street Murals The neighborhood’s thriving arts scene has become known as the Chicago Arts District. This seven-block stretch is filled with artists lofts, studios, retail spaces, galleries, and more. Another must for art lovers is Pilsen Arts and Community House a local gallery focused on community and accessibility Pilsen is also a haven for offbeat boutiques, hip eateries, and cool music venues standing alongside bodegas, panaderias, and family-owned restaurants serving authentic Mexican cuisine. Don’t miss the National Museum of Mexican Art while you’re there This free museum immerses visitors in Mexican culture through a stunning collection of textiles shop and explore the neighborhoods with a friendly local as your guide diverse cultural traditions and hidden treasures See sides of the city you may not have adventured out to on your own and take away a truly authentic Chicago experience Greeter visits are customized based on your choice of neighborhoods Explore all neighborhoods One of the Chicago’s most colorful and culturally rich neighborhoods See all events in Pilsen Discover more in Pilsen cocktail bars and shops on just about every corner there’s endless ways to spend a day in this bustling neighborhood When it comes to laid-back neighborhoods in Chicago But don’t let its chill vibe fool you — this charming district is… While many visitors to Chicago have spent time in Hyde Park (home to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry) Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood is a nature lover’s paradise The area is home to a sprawling chain of green spaces The historic Pullman neighborhood is the first and only National Monument and unit of the National Park System in the city of Chicago Beverly has been called the “village in the city” bucolic neighborhood filled with architecturally significant homes This walking tour explores the area’s Puerto Rican heritage and legacy as a hub for African American life and culture Northalsted (also known as Boystown) is known around the world as the oldest official recognized gay neighborhood in the country This eclectic quality gives this neighborhood a small-town feel in the middle of a big Andersonville is dense with one-of-a-kind shopping From freshly pressed tortillas to skewers of filet mignon Sign up Get the guide Contact us © 2025 Choose Chicago. All rights reserved.Privacy policy | Your privacy choices | Terms of use | Sitemap Advertise with us • Contact Us • RTI Team The lower bowl on the west side of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium is going to be much more comfortable this fall As the Volunteers kick off the 2022 season this Thursday against Ball State Tennessee will be debuting a brand new look to the lower west section this year While future renovations will continue to enhance these features over the coming years Tennessee will have many new features ready to go for this season in Neyland new premium chairback seating has been added to the lower west stands and features a comfortable Each seat provides quality cushioning and comfort and will be a great feature for these spectators Tennessee’s new seating does come at a premium price And that is the luxury that Tennessee wants to offer select spectators inside of Neyland Stadium that doesn’t mean that Tennessee is going to price other fans out of the stadium the new pricing model,” Tennessee Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Alpert said on Tuesday “I think that was important for us to progress forward as an athletics department we were able to actually decrease 60 percent of our seat’s pricing across Neyland Stadium there are some new elements of premium seating but those donors are self-selected to join the lower west club or the upper north or skyboxes Our goal is to be able to decrease the overall ticket cost for the majority of our fans – at 60 percent But then offer these new opportunities for others.” Tennessee is also going to now offer a lower west club for those in the chairback seating premium sections The lower west club is directly under the lower stands on the stadium and can be accessed through one of four access points The inner two access points are by walking down the normal steps which will lead to a tunnel with access to the club the lower west club can also be accessed on the sides of the section which leads down to a field-level deck where viewers can watch the game from It is important to note that the lower west club renovations are not yet completed in the long term they are functional and will provide spectators with a place to sit down away from the sun and watch the game from a different perspective the lower west club will continue to be renovated to look and function like a modern traditional in-game club atmosphere It’s been years since I’ve been to this beautiful stadium but I have seen my boys play at UC Berkley & UCLA Isn’t it about time y’all come back to CA (WKBW) — The first of its kind in Western New York Big Big Table is offering a new way to think about payment and we ask - how would like to purchase your meal today," said Theresa Dempster Big Big Table offers multiple ways of payment The crew at Big Big Table said they decided to open this type of restaurant to help the Lower West Side of Buffalo "a food desert," with not only access to affordable gourmet food “The people in this community have to fight to whether or not they are going to pay a bill That should never be a question,” added Dempster The community cafe relies completely off the generosity of others to keep its doors open to the public. Much of its produce and food is donated by local farms and those in the community. In addition, it is nearly a full volunteer organization. If you are interested in volunteering at the Cafe, the link to apply can be found via their website, here. If you would like to donate - donations are accepted in person or online Farmers.gov is not optimized for this browser. Please use the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, or Safari for the best experience. Dismiss Find your state/county's agriculture data and USDA resources on your farmers.gov Local Dashboard From the kitchen table to the boardroom table USDA brings people together across the nation for: healthier food natural resources and people; a stronger agricultural industry; and economic growth Each Friday, meet those farmers, producers and landowners through our #FridaysOnTheFarm stories forests and resource areas where USDA customers and partners do right and feed everyone owners of Westside Tilth Farm in Buffalo This urban farm is situated on about three-fourths of an acre spanning a few lots in the Lower West Side region of the city.  Nader and Wadsworth are committed to providing the community with a variety of organically grown produce Click here to read the interactive, multimedia #FridaysOnTheFarm story. Access a text-only version of this multimedia story Stay updated on the latest news and stories from farmers.gov and other USDA topics Exterior shot of the UI Health Pilsen Family Medical Center Lower West En Español The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System opened the doors to a new community health center Oct The UI Health Pilsen Family Health Center Lower West provides families and individuals of all ages with comprehensive health care from immunizations and physical exams to prenatal care and complex medical care The 6,400-square-foot renovated facility features nine exam rooms and a laboratory for blood draws and basic testing “Providing quality patient care is at the core of UI Health’s mission and we are particularly proud to work with the Pilsen community to ensure that its residents are being cared for close to home,” says Dr vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago The new center is located in the heart of the Pilsen community on Chicago’s Lower West Side near the intersection of Ashland Avenue and 18th Street “The University of Illinois at Chicago has a longstanding reputation for excellence in patient care and research and I am delighted to welcome an academic medical center of UI Health’s caliber to our dynamic and diverse community in Pilsen,” said 25th Ward Alderman Danny Solis Approximately 43,000 people live in Pilsen Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos the largest health study of Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S show that this diverse population has a unique set of health risk factors for diabetes we hope to have a positive impact on treatment and prevention specific to the needs of the Pilsen community,” said Barish chair of the Chicago Committee on Health & Environmental Protection said “Expanding access to quality care in Chicago is necessary for improving the health of our communities This is particularly true of the underserved and underinsured communities in the Pilsen and surrounding neighborhoods that are predominantly Hispanic African American and Chinese American.” UI Health Pilsen Family Medical Center Lower West waiting room The Pilsen health center joins the University Village Clinic at Maxwell Street as the second community-based clinic operated by UI Health “UI Health is committed to being a partner to the Chicago community and we are very interested in being better connected to our neighbors in Pilsen,” said Avijit Ghosh “We will initially offer family medicine and primary care services but as we learn more about the health care needs of the Pilsen community we will plan for future service lines and specialties.” The center is staffed by eight full-time employees and bilingual board-certified family medicine physicians Clinical staff have expertise in primary care preventive care and women’s health — including prenatal care and delivery — and the care of newborns and children The center also provides care for acute illnesses The center offers office procedures for skin Patients can make an appointment by calling 866-600-CARE The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is a public academic medical center committed to providing the highest quality care for all patients and reducing health disparities Located in the Illinois Medical District on Chicago’s West Side and serves as the primary teaching facility for the UIC College of Medicine The system includes seven health sciences colleges the 101-bed Children’s Hospital of the University of Illinois an outpatient care center and 12 federally-qualified Mile Square Health Centers located throughout Chicago including the Mile Square Urgent Care Center More on UI Health , 2023New video shows the aftermath of a deadly truck attack on the West Side Highway on Halloween in 2017.LOWER MANHATTAN Manhattan (WABC) -- New video shows the aftermath of a deadly truck attack on the West Side Highway on Halloween in 2017 Sayfullo Saipov is seen carrying what appears to be two guns and pointing them at officers - then the video shows the moment officers opened fire The footage was played in Federal court on Tuesday as the survivors of the terror attack bravely told jurors what happened on that day Prosecutors maintain Saipov was driving a pickup truck hit and killed eight people and seriously injured a dozen more His path of terror began at Houston Street and ended in a hail of bullets at Chambers Street the suspect crashed his truck into a school bus and got out pointing at officers what appeared to be two guns - which ended up being fake Federal authorities maintain the defendant began planning the bloodshed in 2016 and was ready to transition from a follower of ISIS to a full-blown member Saipov's attorney point blank told the jury his client is a killer who believed it was his religious obligation to do what he did - expecting to die in the attack - in the end ALSO READ | Mom dies after rushing into burning home in New Jersey to try to save daughter * Get Eyewitness News Delivered * More Manhattan news * Send us a news tip * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts * Follow us on YouTube Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply. Friends of the Lower West Side and the Washington Street Historical Society joined forces to host a community block party to celebrate the “Lower West Side” on Washington Street between Rector Street and Carlisle Street They were celebrating the neighborhood’s old and new architecture and the rich diversity of ethnic communities that once thrived in the area west of Broadway from Liberty Street to the southernmost tip of Lower Manhattan and learn of the cultural bonds that survive today New and older organizations located on Washington Street lent their support to the event Schilling Restaurant and St George Restaurant along with the old timers George’s Diner and Sahadi’s (since moved to Brooklyn) calligraphers offering demonstrations of both Arabic and Chinese artistic lettering (in a nod the the neighborhood’s history as Little Syria and its present as the new home of the China Institute) and raffles that included free nights at the the Marriott New York-Downtown the W Hotel and the Holiday Inn-Financial District Try googling “The Alderman Chicago” and you’ll be lost in a sea of city websites—and maybe that’s intentional tucked away in an inky black side room of Pilsen Yards offers an intimate hideaway for sipping through beverage director Lance Bowman’s sophisticated cocktail menu Word to the wise: Don’t show up without a reservation Food court sushi doesn’t always carry a sterling reputation but 312 Fish Market is an exception to that rule Located on the second floor of Chinese grocery emporium 88 Marketplace this sushi bar imports its products fresh from Japan Former Sushi-san chef and co-partner Joe Fung delivers impeccable slices of raw fish including Konbujime-style cured madai and torched salmon maki The menu also focuses on to-go party platters which feature everything from an all-salmon tray to a 50-piece selection of sashimi Call it gentrification or reverse white flight the profile of incoming whites differs from those who left The story of Chicago’s post-World War II white flight is well known almost every neighborhood outside the South Side Black Belt was more than 90 percent white neighborhoods such as East Garfield Park and Greater Grand Crossing were 90 percent Black many Chicago neighborhoods have been experiencing reverse white flight The ’90s were a decade in which the middle and upper classes began taking a renewed interest in urban living The neighborhoods that whites have been reoccupying are not the same as the ones they abandoned And the whites who’ve been moving in are not the same as the ones who moved out Let’s start by looking at the community areas where the percentage of white residents increased by a significant amount between 1990 and 2020 The post-war white flight neighborhoods were far from the Loop and off the ‘L’ system’s transportation grid Whites who were forced to remain in Chicago to meet municipal job residency requirements isolated themselves in suburban-style neighborhoods at the city’s fringes: Beverly and Edison Park still have white populations between 56 and 82 percent (Lincoln Park is not on the list because it began losing its Latino population a few decades earlier, in the 1970s. Lincoln Park pioneered reverse white flight. According to Daniel Kay Hertz the neighborhood was “the first place that gentrification really happened in Chicago in the way that we think of it now…it’s the whole story of these middle-class rehabbers coming in and changing the neighborhood.”) When whites leave a neighborhood, it’s called white flight. When whites occupy a neighborhood, it’s called gentrification. According to an analysis of American Community Survey data by WBEZ the “five ZIP codes where the median household income increased by 30% or more” in the 2010s were mainly in reverse white flight neighborhoods: “Pilsen All five ZIP codes gained white residents while losing Latino population.” “It’s just a continuation of gentrification along the same lines as it was before but that is accelerating now,” John Betancur a professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois Chicago “The people that live in those central neighborhoods [near downtown] are being displaced either because they cannot afford increases in rent or because they are homeowners and they cannot afford the increases in property taxes.” Along with economic changes have come political changes. The Near South Side went from .5 to 51.5 percent white as the South Loop was redeveloped. Even Mayor Richard M. Daley moved there, to a Central Station townhouse. (Our last three mayors have lived in reverse white flight neighborhoods.) The 2nd Ward had been represented by a Black alderman since 1915 Italian-American Bob Fioretti defeated incumbent Madeline Haithcock Logan Square and West Town (which includes Wicker Park) both doubled their white populations who migrated to Chicago from North Carolina by way of Brown University daughter of local Puerto Rican machine boss Joe Berrios another neighborhood that has doubled its white population is getting the 34th Ward from depopulated West Pullman The favorite to win the seat is Bill Conway I’m sure real estate investors are trying to predict that The reverse white flight neighborhoods are near the lakefront Douglas and Humboldt Park have experienced small increases in their white populations and both are adjacent to neighborhoods that have seen much larger increases according to a Southwest Side community organizer seeing an influx of “white Millennials.” Ethnic succession will always be part of the Chicago story Tags: Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered Please contribute to The Village Sun’s GoFundMe campaign We are very grateful for other ads from our local businesses but unfortunately they don’t cover all of our expenses Your donation will definitely make a difference See above to make a GoFundMe donation and help ensure that The Village Sun keeps publishing the 24-hour homeless drop-in center at 114 W don’t call us at The Village Sun newspaper You can call Paul’s Place directly at 332-895-6860 The Village Sun NYPA Better Newspaper Contest Awards: Coverage of Elections & Politics – Second Place Coverage of Local Government – Third Place Best Distinguished Coverage of Diversity – Third Place Coverage of Local Government — Second Place Coverage of Elections/Politics — Honorable Mention Best News or Feature Series — Second Place Coverage of Elections and Politics — Honorable Mention Investigative/In-depth Reporting — Honorable Mention extreme weather events have battered Lower Manhattan In 2012 Hurricane Sandy plunged Downtown beneath as much as 10 feet of floodwater and wreaking economic havoc to the tune of $19 billion the National Weather Service issued its first “flash flood emergency” for New York City as its streets subways and sewer system buckled under the heavy rainfall of Hurricane Ida a flash flood forced the closure of the F.D.R Each event is a grim validation of warnings about how vulnerable coastal cities are to the damaging effects of climate change Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study to determine how to improve coastal resiliency in New York and New Jersey in areas particularly vulnerable to storm surges like Sandy the study culminated in a 569-page tome detailing the Army Corps’s record-breaking $52 billion plan to install storm-surge gates and roughly 12-foot-tall concrete seawall barriers along the coast between Battery Park and Hudson Yards to prevent water from breaching Manhattan’s Lower West Side with a swath of concrete replacing views of the Hudson River and access to Hudson River Park the East Side Coastal Resiliency plan is clear-cutting East River Park which will then be raised and rebuilt above the flood plain a similar approach apparently was not an option for the 25-year-old Hudson River Park construction of which has cost hundreds of millions of dollars up to this point The Army Corps accepted public comments on the preliminary West Side resiliency plan until March of last year a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public understanding of flooding risks in New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas They represent a coalition of expert oceanographic the Army Corps’s plan is “fatally flawed” because the plan “only protects 63 percent of the region” at risk of flooding The coalition further argues that the Army Corps’s plan leaves “many of the region’s major infrastructure systems exposed,” including subway entrances the Statue of Liberty and the Hudson River and Brooklyn Bridge parks the plan also “leaves dozens of communities and hundreds of thousands of residents — many of them in low-income and minority communities — unprotected from future flooding.” Social justice advocates have warned that this form of environmental discrimination amounts to “climate redlining.” Metro Flood Defense and other organizations have advanced alternative proposals that incorporate more nature-based defense systems and would scrap the onshore concrete barriers in favor of a more nimble flood defense system comprised of multiple layers of movable sea-gates installing sea-gates in New York Harbor would be costlier than the Army Corps’s scheme there has been a steady drumbeat of opposition and alarm since the Army Corps’s proposal was first made public Soho and Hudson Square along the waterfront The community board urged the Army Corps to more clearly communicate and engage with the impacted communities throughout the planning process and to consider alternatives to the “concrete wall.” members of the Hudson River Park Advisory Council unanimously passed a measure calling on the governor and mayor to establish a task force to coordinate resiliency efforts across federal state and local government and ensure community input The advisory council is comprised of every elected official whose district would be impacted by the Army Corps’s plan including Congressmembers Goldman and Nadler; state Senators Kavanagh and Hoylman-Sigal; Assemblymembers Glick Rosenthal and Fall; and City Councilmembers Marte 2023 Community Board 1 similarly implored the Army Corps to better coordinate communication with state and local stakeholders about the resiliency plan The Lower Manhattan board warned that almost “all community members do not favor” the concrete wall prescribed under the current plan that would “preclude visual and physical access” to the waterfront issuing a resolution stating that it “cannot support” a plan where the “effects of building a massive unsightly wall along the western edge of Route 9A will cut off [members of community district 4] from not only the Hudson River but also from Hudson River Park.” chairperson of the Hudson River Park Advisory Council noted that the proposed concrete barrier threatens “the park and its viability.” He more pointedly added “Find me anyone who wants a permanent wall.” Miller further stressed that the broader public may not be aware that such a proposal is working its way through the Army Corps of Engineers’ Rube Goldberg-like approval process or that access to the park is at risk the Army Corps of Engineers will issue what’s called a “Chief Engineers Report,” which will reflect adjustments made to the plan after the close of the public comment period who chairs the state Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation has registered serious concerns about the current resiliency plan she would want to see “more nature-based means of wave attenuation and shoreline protection” rather than an over-reliance on “hard structures,” such as the proposed concrete barrier all problems are solved with a hammer and a nail,” and that for the Army Corps there’s a similar over-reliance on “putting up a wall,” rather than engaging in a “broader vision” of how to protect vulnerable coasts Experts are poised to review this revised report and will assess whether the new plan would protect a greater percentage of the region vulnerable to climate change without “climate redlining”; whether the revised plan incorporates additional protections for the effects of rising sea levels and other climate dangers beyond just storm surges; and whether community concerns have been addressed Advocates warn that the technical opacity of these reports and the process itself risks discouraging public review; in short it’s hard for laypersons to know how to criticize a plan drafted by and largely for engineers full of architectural and scientific jargon a veteran brawler when it comes to safeguarding public spaces it’s imperative that the Downtown community remains vigilant presents a choice of coastal resiliency versus access to a treasured public park A chorus of advocates and experts have cautioned that such a choice need not be made The Army Corps of Engineers seems to have a one-size-fits-all mentality; they are proposing a similar concrete wall on the Greenpoint waterfront across the East River done with no consultation with the community I fully agree that what happened to the Lower East Side park–even though I don’t live near there–is a monstrous tragedy The results people have to put up with are tasteless and cruel I’ve seen the video of the beautiful trees being cut down with mechanical saws and reduced to sawdust I think someone should be sued–or whatever can be done to make sure this abomination doesn’t happen again I understand the community came up with a viable alternative plan that was ignored the referenced weather event was “Superstorm” Sandy There was no “Hurricane” Sandy If you think this is quibbling about semantics either you had no loss covered by insurance or you weren’t an insurance underwriter Whether a storm is or isn’t a “Hurricane” is massively important Second, visit https://www.oasisnyc.net/map.aspx A wealth of information is available so don’t expect the page to load briskly Specifically relevant to this article and the underlying topic there’s a horizontal slider at the top / left of the OASIS map Sliding it all the way to the left … and waiting … reveals Manhattan’s (also parts of The Bronx Virtually ALL of what’s Manhattan’s shoreline today has been borrowed Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 – November 30) Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October 22 2012 and intensified into a hurricane as it tracked north across Jamaica Sandy moved northeast of the United States until turning west toward the middle Atlantic coast on the 28th Sandy transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone just prior to making landfall near Atlantic City view the National Hurricane Center Sandy Tropical Cyclone Report Sandy’s winds had diminished such that the storm – though still massive – was no longer a hurricane; but its residual massive size justified “superstorm” (And this shouldn’t deter folks from checking out NYC’s original coastline on the OASIS page.) redbike: your link leads to a ” Server Error in ‘/’ Application ” so the “wealth of information” you refer to is not available to readers of this article ?? Can you re-post a link that we can read and access ?? It’s sad that all the elected officials concerned about the environment abandoned the Lower East Side and approved a $2 billion resiliency plan that destroys 1,000 mature trees and real grass and is replacing them with artificial turf plenty of concrete and sapling trees that will take decades to grow Say what you want about raising the park versus other options and spongier wave-mitigating wetlands should still be added — but don’t cry about the trees the city has to pay to replant a percent of the area of the cut stump meaning one large tree leads to hundreds of 3-in trees planted across the city Many of those trees were either non-native or not the right species to be planted along the coastline and probably planted under Robert Moses (not that old) many of the trees were sent across the river to be used as lumber by a local sawmill you can’t use the park for a while but any plan would do that and efforts to protect the trees would probably be ignored by contractors leading them to die from compacted soil or other damage down the line (without replanting) Hard for a layperson to evaluate…not surprising Laypeople don’t seem concerned about the scientifically prospected temperatures of 140° and more (Stephen Hawking) The disruption of transiting away from fossil fuels will If it ever happens on the scale and timeline necessary it will make the (somewhat increased) hindrance to access the park look like being bathed in the amniotic fluid of prebirth I can’t understand what you’re saying How is limited access to a park “like being bathed in the amniotic fluid of prebirth?” And what are you saying we should shut down Local News is more important now than ever In an era of rampant media consolidation and homogenization — when the connection to community is being lost and abandoned — your contribution to The Village Sun will help ensure that this vital source of local news continues to publish Please click on the black button directly below to donate Click on the black box at right or below to donate.