First Stop: Clark/Division
Mixed Opinions on Mixed-Income Housing
Creating mixed-income community on the Near North Side has received mixed reactions from sides of the neighborhood’s deep racial and cultural divide – the young urban professionals on the Gold Coast and the public-housing residents who remain in the area.
Photo: Some of Cabrini-Green's low-rise housing has been boarded up near the Clark/Division Red Line stop. (Photo by Len Kody)
Second Stop: 63rd Street
Special Report: Food Insecurity in Chicago
A recent study showed Cook County's food insecurity rate was 16. 1 percent. That percentage doubled in neighborhoods such as Englewood and North Lawndale, where finding fresh food can be a train ride away.
Photo: Englewood residents shop at the 61st Street farmer's market. (Photo by Holly Pennebaker)
Third Stop: Sports
Audio Slideshow: Chicago Fire Striker Orr Barouch on His First Season in the MLS
While many 20-year-olds are in college and partying, the Fire's Orr Barouch is learning the ropes in the professional soccer world. More sports: Chicago Sidelines
Photo: Orr Barouch takes a break during a Fire practice. (Photo by Leah Hendrickson)
Fourth Stop: Jackson
City of Chicago Hopes to Have a New Bike-Sharing Program Rolling in 2012
The City of Chicago is on the verge of launching the nation's largest bike-sharing program. The program has been in the works since 2007, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others city are pressing to make it a reality by summer 2012.
Photo: Columbia College Chicago student Josie Ballines bikes as part of her commute.(Photo by Holly Pennebaker)
