East 39th Street Commercial Corridor Plan by Chris Devins
Street Commercial Corridor Plan is a comprehensive commercial real estate development plan that envisions the future of the East 39th Street Commercial Corridor and the surrounding 2 mile trade area in Chicago, based on current demographic, real estate market, zoning, land use, political and commercial business data. For more visit Chris Devins Creative on the web. https;//chrisdevinscreative.com
Street Commercial Corridor Plan is a comprehensive commercial real estate development plan that envisions the future of the East 39th Street Commercial
Corridor and the surrounding 2 mile trade area in Chicago, based on current demographic, real estate market, zoning, land use, political and commercial business data. For more visit Chris Devins Creative on the web. https;//chrisdevinscreative.com
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EXISTING CONDITIONS<br />
Bronzeville is located on the mid-south<br />
side of Chicago, Illinois and is generally<br />
considered to be bounded <strong>by</strong> 22nd<br />
<strong>Street</strong> on the north, 67th <strong>Street</strong> on the<br />
south, Stewart <strong>Street</strong> on the west, and<br />
Lake Michigan (north of 47th), Drexel<br />
Blvd., (47th to 51st), and Cottage Grove<br />
(51st to 67th) on the east.<br />
Chicago’s version of the Harlem Renaissance<br />
happened in Bronzeville.<br />
Bronzeville was home to famous African-Americans<br />
like Lorraine Hansberry,<br />
Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright,<br />
Louis Armstrong, Bessie Coleman, Ida<br />
B Wells, Jack Johnson and others. From<br />
the 1920s to the 1940s Bronzeville was<br />
second only to Harlem as a center of<br />
Black culture. Bronzeville had its problems,<br />
as well. Black Chicagoans were<br />
restricted <strong>by</strong> City Hall from renting and<br />
buying property outside of the “Black<br />
Belt”. In 1941 the Ida B Wells housing<br />
project was built to provide housing<br />
and a step up for low and middle income<br />
families, many just starting out.<br />
However, after years of operation Ida<br />
B Wells/Madden Park began to suffer<br />
like the city’s other housing projects<br />
from deferred maintenance, the loss<br />
of middle income renters to tenants on<br />
government assistance and apartments<br />
with too many bedrooms. The latter led<br />
to an abnormally high child to adult ra-<br />
Illinois<br />
Figure 2 Bronzeville, Chicago Source: Wikipedia<br />
Bronzeville, Chicago<br />
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