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Block Club Chicago was founded in order to supply a neighborhood-focused coverage. It therefore adopted a geographic, rather than topical, structure, in which each reporter is assigned a "neighborhood beat". As of 2021, Block Club Chicago had a newsletter circulation of 140,000 and a paid subscribership of 15,500.
A block club, block group or block association [1] is a type of local organization found in some urban areas in the United States, especially in the Midwest. A block club typically focuses on one or both sides of a city block on a single street, but some block clubs extend over larger areas. [1] A tenant council, which serves similar purposes ...
My Block, My Hood, My City, also known as M3, [ 1] is a non-profit organization in Chicago that mentors underprivileged youth through educational programs and field trips. [ 2] The organization focuses on providing opportunities in STEM, arts & culture, citizenry & volunteerism, health, community development, culinary arts, and entrepreneurship.
Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes, commonly known as O'Block, is an apartment complex in Greater Grand Crossing, on the border of Woodlawn and Washington Park, [ 2] on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The complex was built from 1950 to 1955; architect Henry K. Holsman, who planned several of Chicago's affordable housing developments, designed ...
General information. Address. 4802 N. Broadway. Coordinates. 41°58′09″N 87°39′36″W / . 41.9692°N 87.6599°W. / 41.9692; -87.6599. The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge (or Green Mill Jazz Club) is an entertainment venue on Broadway in Uptown, Chicago. It is frequently mistaken for the earlier "Green Mill Gardens", which was known for ...
John Hancock Center. / 41.8988; -87.6230. The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot [ 7] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The skyscraper was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and ...
Edgewater, Chicago. / 41.9900°N 87.6600°W / 41.9900; -87.6600. Edgewater is a lakefront community area on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois six miles north of the Loop. The most recently established of the city's 77 official community areas, Edgewater is bounded by Foster Avenue on the south, Devon Avenue on the north ...
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.