The mural at Division and Hoyne asserts, in English, that “housing is still the issue” and promises, in Spanish, that the war over that issue will continue.
I spent some time driving and walking along Division Street in Wicker Park this morning. The scope of neighborhood change over the past 10 to 15 years is impressive. There were, however, cracks in the façade of affluence – vacant storefronts in critical locations, many marginal retailers, busted-out and unsold condo developments, and a wariness among the few people in the sidewalk cafes.
Has this stretch of Wicker Park permanently turned the corner? Does the mural commemorate history or speak to a coming struggle?
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