January 1, 2020
Since construction began in 2015 on the Positioning Pullman 2.0 in Pullman, $56 million has been invested in the project that organizers said would ultimately increase tourism on the Far South Side. Photo credit: By Wendell Hutson
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CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE ENDS 2019 WITH A BANG OF SURPRISES
The South Side of Chicago, whose population is predominately black, according to census data, had a surprising yet interesting year in 2019 with construction underway on historic buildings to an unexpected guilty plea by a popular alderman and a new, state-of-the art public high school built in one of the most violent neighborhoods in the city.