A Texas Girl in the Windy City
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10 Dead in Weekend Shootings in Chicago
“This is what the politicians should focus on, instead of promising lower taxes and lowering the gas and stopping pornography. You know what? I’ll pay the taxes. I’ll pay the high gas prices, but focus on this violence that’s killing these kids.” - Ray Navarro, neighbor of 6-year-old Aliyah Shell, killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday.
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”At least 10 people were killed, including a 6-year-old girl, in shootings over the weekend in Chicago. The slain were among at least 49 people wounded in shootings from 5 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday.
I remember earlier this year, the media outlets reported with joy over the fact that Chicago had an entire week with no shooting-related deaths. I was upset not because they spoke too soon, but because these sort of things are reported at all. It was a report on a lack of violence, a change from the usual.
I went home this weekend and my mother said, “We just don’t know what to do with the heat.” This might be true, but more than anything, it feels like, We just don’t know what to do, period. Murders might be down, but 49 shootings in less than 3 days does not feel like progress.
Chicago’s segregation isolates the violence, both in place and in mind. We begin to think of Chicago in multiples, as different pieces that never form a whole. It is not a city of neighborhoods, but multiple cities with the same name.
(via britticisms)
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For the first time in 3 years, RedEye’s Homicide Tracker had no homicides to report from the past week. (Taken with instagram)
Sometimes I forget where I live, then the fact there were no murders makes a headline.
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From Chicagoist:
Chicago is still America’s most segregated city:
A report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research found that while Chicago has experienced significant decline in racial segregation in the past decade, it still remains the most segregated city in the United States. The Sun Times reports the study, conducted by professors from Harvard and Duke, both fellows at a conservative think tank, examined data dating all the way back to 1890 and found that cities in America are more integrated than any time since 1910. The report also found that “all white neighborhoods are effectively extinct.”
What are your thoughts on the study? Is Chicago really the most segregated city in the U.S.?
Credit: Eric Fischer / Flickr
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The Urbanist’s Chicago Guide
yup!
The New Yorker Magazine did a great piece on Chicago providing an Urbanist’s Guide to the city which even the seasoned Chicagoian will find interesting.
“Yet Chicagoans are a resilient lot, and no fiscal debacle can obscure what they really love about their town: enthralling architecture, a restaurant scene awash in Michelin stars (not to mention ridiculously good Italian beef sandwiches), a crackling baseball rivalry, and a majestic-blue backyard that magically transforms into a beachfront paradise at the break of every summer.” - New Yorker Magazine.
(Source: thegirlsoflincolnpark)
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This could apply to cold weather, stress, abundant school work, or fatigue, and I would be content.
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A comparison of the change in the Chicago skyline since 1977 as seen from the John Hancock Observatory.
awesome/crazy!
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Chicago Skyline shout from the south side, 1997
Photo shot by Cure AIR crew
*as he noted, check the absence of all the high rises*
como cambia la onda
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I did it! I actually went outside, post-blizzard, and survived! Now I understand what a winter wonderland really is :)
