Category: Video
Demolition of the last ABLA Homes high-rise in Chicago
The wrecking ball is tediously smashing down the last high-rise from this notorious public housing project. [...]
Val’s block, in the heart of DePaul Trixieland
The fabled Lincoln Park Trixie is scarcely in evidence on the block where Val lives. Perhaps she's a mythical creature?
Join YoVal and YoJoe for a [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part four
In this final part of a 4-part series we talk about Malibu East's neighborhood.
Earlier, Helen Wagner walked YoChicago around the common areas at [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part three
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider walk through a corner two-bedroom unit at Malibu East. Part one was a tour of the common areas of this 45- [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part two
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider walk through one of the two-bedroom units at Malibu East. Part one was a tour of the common areas of this [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part one
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider tour of the common areas of this 45-story condo in Edgewater. [...]
Hegewisch, Chicago, a great community
Hegewisch, in the far southeast corner of Chicago, is an aging community. Rosemary Haines, office manager of the Hegewisch Community Committee, talks [...]
Edgewater’s Senn High School – Avid about A.V.I.D.
Richard Norman, second-year principal at Senn talks about the new A.V.I.D. program and some of the accomplishments and changes at his diverse school. [...]
Edgewater’s Senn High School – It is the world
Chicago's neo-classical Senn High has one of the most diverse student bodies in the world. Newly-retired teacher Helen Murtaugh talks about some of t [...]
Yo tours Ravenswood Manor with Chris Moran
The Yo took its own video tour of Ravenswood Manor recently, focusing heavily on the charming housing stock ("charming" is a real estate cliche we're [...]
"190 North" paddles through Ravenswood Manor, Rockwell
The popular ABC7 TV show "190 North" highlights Ravenswood Manor and the revitalized commercial on Rockwell Street, just east of the river, in this we [...]
On track with the CTA in Ravenswood Manor, Chicago
Contrary to popular belief, the CTA doesn't take every opportunity to kill a pedestrian. As seen here, the train slows down and warns one away. [...]
A drive through Park Manor, Chatham and West Chesterfield
We still have some out-takes from South Triangle Week. Here are a few.
Chatham and West Chesterfield, above.
Park Manor, above.
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A drive through Chatham and West Chesterfield, Chicago
YoChicago takes a leisurely drive through these stable, middle-class, predominantly African-American neighborhoods on Chicago's south side. [...]
A drive through Park Manor, Chicago
Park Manor is a sub-neighborhood of Grand Crossing (a/k/a Greater Grand Crossing).
Its boundaries are 79th St to 67th St (Marquette Rd), from Cott [...]
Cafe Duvall, Heart of Italy, Chicago
Want to see some art and dance some tango with your food? Cafe Duvall can satisfy. Jacqueline Cahill tells you all about it. [...]
Villa 24, new condos in Heart of Chicago
Vanessa Gonzalez tells us a bit about the neighborhood and walks us around the model for this new development. [...]
Ignotz’s and the Heart of Italy, Chicago
Roger, owner of Ignotz's Ristorante in Chicago's Heart of Italy neighborhood talks about his restaurant and the neighborhood where his family has liv [...]
Heart of Italy, a walk down Oakley Ave
More restaurant reviews - "they're all good" - from a retired waitress as I walk the brief stretch of Oakley Ave billed as the Heart of Italy. [...]
Saint Joseph’s day in the Heart of Italy
I walk into Miceli's Deli and learn that it's Saint Joseph's day - and that all the restaurants sin the area are good. [...]