For our Chicago Neighborhood Check-In: Arts and Development, we’re discussing how communities across the city are employing the arts to transform their neighborhoods. Learn more with these suggested resources from our neighborhood partners:
The front of the Swedish American Museum in Andersonville on a sunny day. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.
ANDERSONVILLE:
Andersonville Chamber of Commerce
Always Andersonville Podcast
- Recommended episodes: Swedish American Museum, Vincent Restaurant, and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
Andersonville on:
- Outside the Loop (WGN Radio) and Chicago Neighborhoods Tour (Alle Abroad)
Swedish American Museum
- Virtual Gallery Tours: Dream of America and Double Weave in Sweden: New Materials and Applications
Exterior photograph of the Forum in Bronzeville. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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BRONZEVILLE:
Organizations & Businesses:
- Build Bronzeville
- Bronzeville Historical Society
- Black Metropolis Convention & Tourism Council
- Boxville Marketplace (Watch: WGN Around Town Checks Out Boxville)
Recommended reading:
- Revitalizing Land, Place and Communities
- Bronzeville Renaissance Mural (& Watch)
- Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City (Drake/Cayton)
Social Media:
- Boxville: @boxvillechi on Instagram and Facebook
- Build Bronzeville: @buildbronzeville on Instagram and Facebook
- Black Chicago Eats: @blackchicagoeats on Instagram
Photograph of the Puerto Rican metal flag stretching acorss a nearly empty city street in Humboldt Park on a sunny day. Photo credit: Wikimedia commons.
HUMBOLDT PARK:
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture:
Humboldt Park Portal:
Humboldt Park History:
- Early Humboldt Park history audio tour (Chicago Park District)
- Division Street Riots 50th Anniversary documentary (CAN TV)
Social Media:
- Follow @humboldtpark on Instagram
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