Tag: Pullman

Romanticizing Pullman, one of the nation’s great neighborhoods

Romanticizing Pullman, one of the nation’s great neighborhoods

The American Planning Association has select Chicago's Pullman neighborhood as one of its Great Places in America for 2011: Pullman's timeless [...]
Do murals denote a depressed community?

Do murals denote a depressed community?

I have a bias about murals: I associate their creation with communities that have declined and are likely to remain in a state of decline. I s [...]
Woodlawn – throwing good money after bad?

Woodlawn – throwing good money after bad?

The Tribune brings us yet another chapter in the decades-long saga of initiatives to revitalize Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. Woodlawn has l [...]
A stay-at-home tour of historic Pullman

A stay-at-home tour of historic Pullman

If you’re unable to make it to today’s 37th Annual Historic Pullman House Tour, you can see a great deal of Pullman and the efforts to restore and r [...]

Quote of the day – it's not a museum

From a recent Tribune article: No, it's not a museum, at least not in the sense of a brick-and-mortar edifice housing exhibits. But few museums could [...]
A very bad day for Pullman

A very bad day for Pullman

The opening day of last year's Pullman / Roseland Parade of Homes was, according to the residents I interviewed there, "a great day for Pullman." T [...]

Thousands of new homes planned for Pullman

The non-profit development arm of Park National Bank hopes to build as many as 3,000 new single-family homes, townhouses and low-rises on 138 acres in [...]
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