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Back of the Yards Resident looks to trumpet murals from his neighborhood
The viaducts on 47th street no longer have trains passing over them. The tracks are abandoned and the overgrown grass is ignored. The walls have sections were the primer paint is peeling and its ol… ...
CBS News8y
Back Of The Yards Paints A New Picture For The Neighborhood
CHICAGO (CBS)-- A Chicago Alderman and several community leaders came together Friday morning to unveil a new mural, said to change the image of the Back of the Yards neighborhood. 15th Ward ...
Eater3y
Where to Eat and Drink in Chicago’s Back of the Yards Neighborhood
The population of Back of the Yards is mostly Latinx now, and that is reflected in its restaurants, which are mostly concentrated on Ashland Avenue and 47th Street.
Chicago Reader3y
Reading: Back of the Yards - Chicago Reader
Back of the Yards, Back of the Yards, In Old Chicago town. Where each fellow and gal ... The neighborhood has been the home of successive waves of immigrants- Germans and Irish in the 19th ...
CBS News13y
Back Of The Yards Residents Want One Alderman, Not Five
CHICAGO (CBS) --Community activists in the Back of the Yards neighborhood says they're not asking for much.They want one alderman. As WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts reports, several hundred ...
PBS2y
In Your Neighborhood: Invest South/West in Back of the Yards
Chicago’s Invest South/West project is underway in the Back of the Yards. It’s part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s citywide plan aimed at revitalizing underserved communities. Aired: 03/30/23 ...
Chicago Sun-Times2y
Back of the Yards group wants to create family hub with affordable housing, health care and more: ‘This is what we need’
Today, the 63-year-old president of the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council hopes to help others realize that dream with a $61 million project that will include affordable housing, a health ...