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Twenty-something Chicagoan streaming her consciousness on Twitter, working for beer, resident documentarian, self-proclaimed internet junkie & reblogger of clever infographics, [mostly] vegan, bike commuter, unofficial event planner, poor foodie, lover of maps, Lady About Town aka The Anhalt
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Twenty-something Chicagoan streaming her consciousness on Twitter, working for beer, resident documentarian, self-proclaimed internet junkie & reblogger of clever infographics, [mostly] vegan, bike commuter, unofficial event planner, poor foodie, lover of maps, Lady About Town aka The Anhalt
twitter.com/anhalt:
a Google eBook…. because I nerdgasm over Chicago history of all kinds.
#chicago #north side #uptown #rogers park #ebook #history
"When I became alderman, Uptown had well over 100 vacant lots, we had lots of empty, dangerous vacant buildings, we had over 500 abandoned cars on the streets, we had less than one-quarter of the streetlights we currently have on the streets. On some streets, you couldn’t see anything. We had a very small, strangled retail community. The area under the El tracks south of Montrose, now Challenger Park where people walk their dogs, was a common dumping ground for bodies. We had an entire four-block stretch where the sewer had collapsed. We had babies dying from salmonella poisoning because the sewer system was screwed up. It was necessary to rebuild the ward, and start from the ground up."
Helen Schiller, on Uptown in 1987. And we think it’s bad now.
Source: “Helen Schiller’s Uptown Legacy,” Timeout Chicago, 2/16/11
#uptown #timeout chicago #helen schiller #46th ward #chicago #alderman
