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Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

David: Past comments indicate Tower St. now mostly new developments. My mother in law was born at 26 Tower St in 1904. Does anyone know if that building is still there? We live in......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Christopher: People need to step up and do the right thing for Humboldt Park. Such as the Mayor of chicago needs to do something about the case. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

nuclearrabbit33: I used to work for a carriage company in Chicago. We had to pass through Cabrini Green every single day...both on the way to downtown and the way back to our barns at night. In......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Jeff: I am from Boston and even though my home city is very nice and livable like Montreal (my favorite), it doesn't make my top five skyline cities: 1) HONG KONG - Very difficult to......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

corsakti: just to clear something up again; i was tryin to badmouth humboldt park and the puerto ricans who live there. As I grew up, we lived in a rented house there for years and were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

corsakti: just to clear something up, for anyone who misunderstood - i wasn't tryin to badmouth humboldt park in general, we lived in a rented house there for years and were fine with it. our......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Sam: I remember when this neighborhood was Italian. My grandmother owned a house on division street between Chicago and North Avenues. The neighborhood was beautiful and the houses well maintained. The Our Lady of......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

producer: Staci I just moved to chicago, and was thinking about moving to hubodlt park. I have just spent the last three hours reading through these postings while doing research for my relocation. I would......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

This is real!!!: I sit here sad as hell listening to all the disrespect everyone has for each other. WOW. im trying to understand how can we be so ignorant and not get our act together. I lived......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

little ukraine: this is a really really wonderful set. the pictures are so well-taken and the way you put them together gives me a great impression of the city, about which I had previously known pretty......

in response to: Birmingham Alabama by dfwtiger

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I have attended various universities in both Chicago and Puerto Rico. I am currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico, and at one point I was Trying to recieve my BA from......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Colt.: I see the neighborhood gentrifying actually working, right now i was by there and they had a starbucks, blockbuster, and bestbuy. There are tons of nice new Huge High-Rises, Chicago, is becoming a lot nicer,......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Giovanni: i grew up in a mostly Italian neighborhood in bay view in milwaukee and Latin Kings were a huge force in my neighborhood, all my family was in it, most of my family pics were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Yea-Yo: Exactly Culture Club. I'd love to understand more about these deep roots people claim they've laid into Humboldt Park. The dirty ass alleys, unkept yards, trash all over, people with no regard for the next......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Surely Jones: $100 reward and the trouble of putting up a poster?! Maybe they are stuffed with drugs. (Who knew there was a Hyde Park in Chicago?)...

in response to: Lost Toys by procyon

anon (68-73-60-3.ded.ameritech.net): I am moving to Chicago in two weeks. Out of all the neighborhoods in Chicago, we have narrowed it down to either Wicker Park or Lincoln Square. Can anyone please tell me any info......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

Phill: Cabrini is technically in the river north neighborhood, or around the gold coast the exact streets are Evergreen Avenue, Sedgwick Street, Chicago Avenue, and Larrabee Street. What do you mean also when you say no......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

procyon: there were two fully feathered snow-white wings and a few bare gray bones connecting them in front of the building where i live a few weeks ago. since i started school in chicago i thought......

in response to: Decapitated Bird (Warning: Yes, Really) by jeeff

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Lucky: I was recently in Chicago with my 17 year old daughter so she could visit a few colleges there. I had never been to Chicago nor had I ever heard of Cabrini Green. We stayed......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Earth Day At Humboldt Park: RESTORE. Work first, then enjoy hands-on nature crafts and live music at the HUMBOLDT PARK EARTH DAY CLEAN UP AND CELEBRATION. The community effort is in honor of the 36th annual Earth Day. Volunteers should......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Meg: My hubby and I are moving to Chicago in August 2006. I've had my eye on Wicker Park, and it seems really similar to the area I lived in KC. It seems too......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

LOL : Chicago Gang Watch Journal: “Ready to fuck” Humboldt park: Hernando “King Cock” Martinez, leader of the Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (ACGLK’s) has split from the gang. Rumor has it that he was kidnapped by......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Alex: I just have to say to everyone that read my comments on Jan 12th, to know that I have had some enlightening experiences since then. All you need to know, is that this place......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

adam: hello, I just moved into Humbolt Park one year ago. Gunshots and police about, are just a way of life in many places. Chicago is unique in it's diversity, peacefull to hectic. ......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Staci: To: Humboldt Park Dave/ Ratone Chocha/ Insightoner Thanks Dave. I'll have to check that out. I'll keep things posted on here every so often. Ratone, I live on Humboldt and Cortland. ......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

insightoner: Good stuff. A couple of things to keep everything in perspective: Humbolt was white untill the 70's. Don't you think the whites that lived there pre70's felt the same way when Puerto......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Humbolt Park - Dave: Staci, There's a book I purchased unfortunately at Borders bookstore titled "Images of America, Puerto Rican Chicago" by Wilfredo Cruz. It covers everything from Families, Community life, Political/Social Activism, Arts and Culture. I look forward purchasing your......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Staci: Wow. This blog is great. I'm a resident of Humboldt Park for two years now and just signed my lease for another year. I don't have a lot of time right this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

michelle: What comes around goes around. It didn't stay Polish, Italian and German. It won't stay Puerto Rican either. Humboldt Park community was incorporated into the City of Chicago in 1869, the same year that saw......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

gringa latina: Hola, muy buenas. Hace dos anos llegue a Chicago desde Madrid. He vivido de alquiler en varios barrios de la ciudad pero siempre me gusto Humboldt Park. El ano pasado fui con unos amigos......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Margaret: Hi, I'm finishing up my senior year at Northwestern in Evanston. My parents are immigrants from Eastern Europe and I have spent most of my undergraduate career interested in communities and increased educational opportunities......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

908: am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Unknown: I am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Dj Santi: Just wanted to say I have some pics of Humbodlt Park on my web site CHICAGOLATINDJS.COM. Things have calmed done since the 70's & 80's in HP. I lost alot of friends due to gangs violence......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Ramón: As a P.R. from Chicago I would definitely like to see that the P.R. flags in Division St. remain there. I would also like to the statue of the horse that was in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Shortie: It's funny how i have read most of these peoples comments talking about how humbodlt park is owned by the puerto Ricans and hows it was always are little part of chicago....i find that funny......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Link to photos: A lot of people have been asking for photos of Humboldt Park, but few residents of that neighborhood seem to own a digital camera. Thankfully, we can view all the neighborhoods of Chicago at PicturingChicago.com. For......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

TheManTheDeveloper: Most homeless people are mentally ill. While this photo is humorous. It is humorless to see them talking to themselves, not really able to take care of themselves as they walk past me......

in response to: Mr. Chicago by gary

SadStateOfAffairs: The images on the television and in the media are there to create fear and sell newspapers. What sells more newpapers, A) The world is coming to an end!!! B) Just another normal weekend in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Corporal Diaz U.S.M.C.: Some time has gone by since I first laid my thoughts on this forum. I can see nothing has changed sine I left Humboldt park. And to some degree it saddens me, but it does......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Paul G: Thanks! The bridge - pictured - is over Barton Creek, in Zilker Park. I think that the bats live under the bridges that cross Town Lake a/k/a the Colorado River a/k/a Lake Austin.......

in response to: Austin, Texas by Paul G

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peanut Gallery: It's nice that you looked it up for everyone but a definition is kind of a fluid thing and many times it takes a while for the dictionary to catch up to the street or......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

king mario : adr adc to you all i am a latin king from humboldt park chicago the mother land the latin king are not a gang but a nation if you all look the latin kings have......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Young Father: Disinvestment created HP... Gangs are an old relic idea thats past its time...Puerto Ricans were nieve country people that got consumed and spit out by American city life......HP will become Lincoln Park in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Sharina: I used to live in the Humbolt Park area for most of my life in a Disciple neighborhood. I used to think the gang life was cool, but now that I've moved and matured I......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Confused: Admitted some white people have attitudes, but some blacks have attitudes, some Latinos have attitudes, etc....The blacks don't get along with the PR's, I see it every night and hear it. F You N, shut......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

michelle: In a related but unrelated story. I tutor kids at the Chicago Park district...Horner Park to be precise. On Tuesday they unveilled a huge painting Horner. The whole history behind the projects is really interesting.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Reality: To everyone that believes white people are living in Humboldt Park for the fun of it, get real. It is not by choice. Why would anyone choose to put themselves in an area of random......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

mia: I don't understand why anyone thinks white people want to take over humboldt park it's the City Of Chicago. It has more to do with property value than anything the city and state want anyone......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J: I was born and raised in Humbolt Park people need to stop complaining about the Gangs cause the cops (pigs) are as fucked up as we are if not worst and all my peeps repin......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Stef: I Dont know why some people keep complaining about Hombouldt Park if you got a problem with it get up and stop complaining to us go to the vity of chicago and complain their half......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Fredrik-Sweden: Haha, I guess there are certain points of views that must be strightened out, right!? Anyway, even over here in Sweden we have problems when it comes to gang rivalty (do you spell it like......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

MIGHTYRIKAN:: Bueno all i can sayy is daaaaaaaamm. i grew up in humboldt park right by the PR FLAGS yeah i saw a lot of shit that whent down, we all had goood and bad times......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

MrPenny: Re: Notes about Chicago: Hey Paul: I will be moving to Chicago fairly soon and wanted to know what neighborhood you would recommend me living in. I want to avoid yuppies, and live around artists like......

in response to: Notes about Chicago: by Paul G

Jennifer: I'm from wicker park. I lived on wicker park ave for almost all, but 3yrs, of my life. I know live in a small town name Ft Thomas in Kentucky and I can see how......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

ElViejoDeArriba: "Papo: 28/01/2005 - 11:37 [top] hey joe, did your people come to this country to learn proper grammar and spelling? no? well, it sure shows in your comment, papi." nice. im not taking sides, but speaking of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Chicago Dan: I was driving near Beach and Spalding on a hot summer day around late afternoon trying to score some flame Bud, Years back When I used to party and had 2 other white boys from......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Lance Corporal Diaz: i sit here in iraq and a tear comes to my eye after reading some of the things people had to say. i was born and rasied in humboldt park and it taught me many......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ColdChillin': I'm reserching gangs for my school project and I read a book called My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King which took place mostly in Humboldt Park, Chicago. So I ran across this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Raul Rodriguez: I grew up in Humboldt Park. I found a dead body at 8 years of age. I witnessed a homicide at nine years of age. My first friend was gunned down next to me when......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti