Links to Resources on the Internet |
Lincoln
Park Neighborhood Collection
DePaul University
houses the archives of the Lincoln Park Conservation Association and its
affiliated organizations. The collection's finding
aid and a digitized
portion of the records are available online.
Chicago Public
Library
The Chicago Public Library houses many neighborhood
collections as well as archives of area newspapers and publications.
Chicago
Historical Society
A private institution, the Chicago Historical Society
possesses a large collection of images and documents related to the changing
neighborhoods of Chicago.
The Chicago
Reader
Published weekly, the Chicago Reader contains news
features on all Chicago neighborhoods in addition to arts and entertainment
listings.
The New
Urban Renewal: Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods
This accompanying website for a 1997 PBS television
series details the efforts made by residents in U.S. cities to preserve
and rehabilitate their communities.
Chicago
Imagebase
"The Chicago Imagebase is a Web-based project aimed
at enhancing knowledge about the built environment of the Chicago region.
On this site you will find a wide variety of images and other data along
with information on how to use this data to study the city."
Chicago
History Pages
A collection of primary sources, photo essays, demographic
information, and links to other web sites related to Chicago history.
The Electronic Policy
Network
"A network of top policy and research institutions,
EPN provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and
politics that shape our world . . . . Our goal is to provide trenchant
policy analysis to the general public, so that citizens, students, legislators,
advocacy groups, educators, and researchers may easily keep pace with the
issues that matter. Though many members of EPN describe themselves as liberal,
our network is highly diverse and includes research organizations and foundations
that do not articulate any explicit position on policy." EPN features discussions
on urban policies relating to housing development.
Community Media
Workshop
"The Community Media Workshop helps Chicago-area
community and civic groups get news and feature stories about their work
in the news media. Though the "news" emphasizes conflict, tragedy,and other
problems of city life, many Chicagoans are succeeding at solving urban
problems that dominate the news, through community policing, affordable
housing, school reform, community economic development, youth development,
and other strategies that rely on community organizing."
CATALYST:
Voices of Chicago School Reform and The
Chicago Reporter
"CATALYST:
Voices of Chicago School Reform is an independent newsmagazine created
in 1990 to document, analyze and support school-improvement efforts in
the Chicago Public Schools. It is published by the Community Renewal Society,
a faith-based organization founded in 1882 that works to create racially
and economically just communities in metropolitan Chicago. The Society
also publishes The Chicago Reporter,
an award-winning newsletter created in 1972 to investigate issues of race
and poverty."
Radical Urban Theory
Radical Urban Theory is an online journal featuring
"writings on the modern urban condition."
This American
Life
"It's a weekly show. It's an hour. Its mission is
to document everyday life in this country. We sometimes think of it as
a documentary show for people who normally hate documentaries. A public
radio show for people who don't necessarily care for public radio." Episodes
regularly highlight the effects of urban renewal and gentrification on
the urban landscape of Chicago and other American cities.
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