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ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

dena: I have lived in the Humboldt Park area all my 50 years and seen many changes for the better yet the gangs are a big problem still in our community and schools in the area......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt/West Bucktown - whichever you prefer: I've been in this area for over 6 years. Bought a condo 3BR/3BA. The first year was rough with all the random shootings at night. I get the scoop from the locals,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: I am one of those yuppies moving in and buying up property. I see real opportunity in areas like Humboldt Park and Logan Square. Now, I live in Humboldt Park in an apartment......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jsmooth: Reply to OPEN YOUR EYES... I thought that your response made complete sense and that you are right in many aspects of your comments and if my response seemed to come off racial than I apollogize.......

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

Anonimus: Werribee Stations is becoming a really dangerous place. Specailly at night time because lots of gang members meet up and start fights, hit random people. Werribee has become dangerous because of this gangs tha have......

in response to: Werribee Station by benji

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

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

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (itsc083.itsnpt.com): East Orange is only an address. It's the people who are the products of young parents who have little education and poor parenting skills that have made the places in East Orange unsafe. ......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

HP Teach: I have been a teacher in Humboldt Park for 10 years. I have seen improvements and setbacks. I have seen how the violence hurts the community. If the gang activity was minimized, the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

CaptainVideo: What you are doing is no different that all white communities banning together to keep blacks from moving in because they are afraid that they will bring crime and lower property values. Humbolt is not......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

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

E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

12th grade Diva: I am a student at Acorn Community High School and the school is good but the princpal, Deans and some teachers do not care about the students.They all will try to gang up on you......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Montrice Weathersby A.K.A Sconey Wrong: I was born and raised in the Henry Horner Homes projects in 1975 in the building 2145 w.lake St.We loater moved to 2215 w.Lake st and all i could remember is gun fire and purse......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Momma' Becky's daughter: Well, I actually Don't think that Hutchinson Is all THAT terrible... I mean, I know it's really not a whole lotta' fun, and there isn't much to do here... but the beauty of becoming an......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

RickC: I wish we would stop refering to Bushwick as the Ghetto. It is a community in transition. I was there when it was great and celebrities such as Jackie Gleason lived on Chauncey Street. Will......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

cristina : I'm a young, Puerto Rican girl who was born and some-what raised in Humboldt Park.(on spaulding & wabansia) I live in the southwest suburbs now, since all the gang-violence and poor public school system was......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: jack, no matter what the wannabe gangsta kids say, I appreciate your humour. And although your spelling may not be perfect, it's a damn sight better than what I see in the gang shout-outs all......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Mika M: Im from finland and in finland we have only Helvetin enkelit ( Hells angels) gang, and it is so dangerous gang. And my own city, we have Vanhaliitto ( oldcommunity ). In that gang those......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

jeeff: [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/bikergangs/ont-massmurder-timeline.html]] that happened just outside my hometown. one of the victims lived right around the corner from my house in toronto. not saying i met him, but these guys are active in our......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

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

EvilGentleman: So sad, that some people really think that in order to achieve "respect", they must develop relationships with others based solely on the need to feel superior through violence. Meanwhile, the "loser" kids that they......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SAMILA: Humboldt Park is beauty at its finest! It gives us all the opportunity to see what is bad and good. We hate the gangs, but we love how Puerto Ricans respect and preserve their......

in response to: Humboldt 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

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

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

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

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

Superman: Haha which reminds me............ My sister and her boyfriend (my friend Chris) were road riding in New Hampshire, my sister in the left turning lane and Chris on the far right of the road. Two G-unit......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

big O : After reading some of these articles I've come to the conclusion that being Latino or in my case Puerto Rican "Newyorican " we are misunderstood . Being Latino is not about gangs or parades ,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

dro killa: It's about time...^, Finally some real words. I used to be down for all that hard knock hustlin' mentality, I still am, it's just different now. Ya'll some true G's and that's......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

TheManTheDeveloper: The area has passed hands through many cultures in Chicago's history. The only thing constant in life is change. My good Puerto Rican neighbors who worked hard and bought their 2 flats and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J.J. From a Puerto Rican brother: I'm not writing this to judge or criticize anyone. Just to try to open a little conscience on la raza Latina. Mi gente, how can you speak of love when you talk everyone else down.......

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

LAME CP: ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: TABS Date: Nov 4, 2005 9:14 AM Dallas graffiti abatement... The City of Dallas has started a new graffiti program today. It's the same program that the City of Phoenix, AZ has. It includes......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

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

Young Father: Im straight up Latin to the bone. I dont show it through logos, clothing, chants, etc, etc. I let it show itself as a result of reading, travels, music, learning, worship, and everyday......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

poluted: this thread is so infested by gang unit. Good lookin out on those cameras- that info should be spread. Dont give locations to graff and dont talk about writers. Writing fuck msg......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

dynasty: da more i think bout all da ppl i heard bout ppl who had died i just wished there werent gangs at all unless they HELP the community. like another example of a girl named......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Confused to Nikki: Nikki - be worried, but also understand that the majority of folks in the neighborhood would wish this gang stuff would go away. Be worried but be smart, do not go out past 11. Get......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mystical Witness...: The basis of an individual's existence is governed by self-dertermination. The distinction which is made to those who fail & refuse to fall through the cracks of an industrialized society is based primarily in the......

in response to: The King Was Correct by Lili

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: To: YOur own worst...and Seekinga future... and everyone else out there... It's nice to see that there are some of us on the same page--I don't know if you'd call it hate,--we'll then again, yeah--there is a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Seeking a Future: Hey everyone, I grew up in HP, left for several years and have returned. We are who we choose to be. The opportunities are there. I agree some of us Latin Americans......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: As I was reading some of the stuff out there I noticed that one of the KINGS was talking about the F#@*! Polacos--okay you guys who are anti-white..I 'm with you , I can empathize..........

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: This is in regards to Reality's take on what is happening in HP. People...its called regentrification. Its been happeingin since I was a student at Clemente...WHite people Do have a chioice! The......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

L: i dont see a point to people that like gangs and that rep for gangs but i dont thinkt hat s its right when the cops find out that someone is in a gang and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

David: I've already told you that it is irrelivent what the labour government think about here because the United Kingdom as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is set in stone and things can never be......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

from snopes.com: Legend: Old running shoes hanging from trees and power lines are 'gang signs.' Origins: All across the United States, you'll encounter discarded shoes hanging from wires, poles, and trees. Theories as to......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

LoKa: I'am a puerto rican from the north side and i personally think its fucked up that know and days we cant fucken walk out side and trust the people that live around us I'm a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

vz: "'...I think the only moving thing they hadn't touched was a plane,' Lt. Carlos Alfaro, commander of the Miami police's juvenile gang unit, told APBnews.com." This sounds like a challenge....

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?