Culver’s Joins Pullman’s Revitalization Effort By Sean Lewis WGN 9 Midday News November 8, 2021 CHICAGO — The effort to revitalize Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood got a boost today with the opening of the first casual sit-done dining restaurant in decades.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pullman/Roseland Community Celebrates First New Stand-Alone Restaurant in Over 30 Years A national favorite is serving nearby new businesses, residents, and visitors at the Pullman National Monument November 8, 2021 (Chicago, IL) – Baron Waller, the Chicago entrepreneur who envisioned the site, joined today with city officials and members of the Pullman/Roseland community […]
Pullman National Monument Visitor Center Officially Opens By Asal Rezaei September 6, 2021 at 11:20 am CHICAGO (CBS) – This Labor Day is a historic one on Chicago’s South Side. The mayor, governor, and other political heavyweights came out for the official grand opening of the Pullman National Monument, where Labor Day was born. […]
These Chicago Residents are Trying to Revitalize Their Neighborhood without Gentrification For decades, governments have favored rental housing for low-income Americans. North Lawndale is a test case of whether homeownership is a better bet. Two single-family homes developed by Lawndale Christian Development Corporation sit along South Avers Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. […]
Transitions: Places Restored, Threatened, Saved, and Lost RESTORED PULLMAN ARTSPACE LOFTS In May the renovated Pullman Artspace Lofts marked the first new multifamily residential development in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood in more than 60 years. Nonprofit groups Artspace, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, and PullmanArts worked to rehabilitate two long-vacant 1880s buildings that once housed workers at George […]
Pullman Artspace Lofts complex marks historic community’s first multifamily development in 60 years The Pullman Artspace Lofts on South Langley Avenue in Chicago consists of two buildings from the 1880s, one seen at left, and new construction on what had been a vacant lot, at right. The lofts are the first new multifamily housing built […]
Pullman Artspace Lofts, which provides affordable housing and a community center, is an adaptive reuse of two, long-abandoned, rehabbed historic buildings that were once threatened to be demolished. By Sarah Schulte WLS Channel 7 TV CHICAGO — The first new residential development built in the South Side historic district of Pullman in more than 60 […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pullman Community Celebrates the Grand Opening of First Newly Built Residential Development in More than 60 Years “Historic Preservation, Affordable Housing, and Promotion of the Arts all “under one roof” Chicago, IL- (May 20, 2021) – Elected officials joined supporters and the new residents of Pullman Artspace Lofts to celebrate the grand opening […]
Community Picnic Held in Celebration of Vacant Housing Restoration in Pullman A Pullman Community picnic celebrates the start of restoring more than 30 vacant homes in North Pullman. The restoration is all thanks to innovative private and public partnerships that generated new housing and economic opportunities. Nearly 1500 new jobs were created in this effort. […]
State and community partners release $1.7 Million for 58 small businesses, along with $10 million RFP for corridor improvements marking next phase of program to help communities facing damages from events of civil unrest CHICAGO—The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Local Initiatives Support Group (LISC) and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives […]