Archive for the ‘Neighborhood journal’ Category
Name the nabe with the wall of water
Friday, July 18th, 2008Not very many people outside of Chicago think of it as a "water city." That's a shame since we have the nation's largest municipal harbor system. Be the first to name the neighborhood of this lazy helmsman and win a ladies' Yo t-shirt or a Yo yo-yo.
Bridgeport - a body, a bowling alley and more
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Joe Askins and Joe Zekas of YoChicago took a new construction tour of Bridgeport on Monday with two great tour guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and never left.
Part four of our new construction tour of Bridgeport begins with chatter about a back yard body and an at-home bowling alley and proeeds to a leisurely drive along Halsted Street.
The first three parts of our Bridgeport tour can be found on our Bridgeport channel at YouTube.
Name the nabe where the hole is the whole
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008A drive through Old Bridgeport
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Eleanor, Hillock, Lock, Short, Senour. These are streets whose names you've likely never heard and almost certainly never traversed.
They're found in Old Bridgeport, the gritty, formerly industrial area bounded by the Dan Ryan and Stevenson Expressways, Archer Ave and the Chicago River – and boast a surprising volume of newly-built homes and an unsurprising number of Bridgeport loyalists.
Joe Askins and Joe Zekas of YoChicago took a new construction tour of Bridgeport yesterday with two great tour guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and never left.
Dave and Donna show us around Old Bridgeport in this third part of our tour. The first and second parts can be found on our Bridgeport channel at YouTube.
A drive through Bridgeport Heights
Monday, July 14th, 2008Bridgeport is a place where newcomers come and go, and old-timers stay and stay. And stay. And know their begats.
This afternoon Joe Askins and I took a new construction tour of Bridgeport with two great guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and "never left."
In this first part of our tour Dave and Donna show us around the eastern stretch of Bridgeport that the locals fondly call "Bridgeport Heights," and introduce us to a bit of the culture of Bridgeport.
We'll be posting more of our tour as the week progresses.
