See a Selection of our Historic Photos Online We are happy to announce that more than  8,000 digitized images in our photo archive are available for viewing online. Now you can browse our collection or search for photos of specific people, places or events from your computer, phone or tablet. The photos are for viewing […]

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A Shift in Approach for 2025 In January 2024, we announced a plan to get the Chicago Park District to vote on our proposal to rename Christian Paschen Park at 1932 West Lunt Avenue to honor of the Pollard family, whose long-time home is located next door. During the months that followed, local community members […]

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Louann Hamilton, Chicago Transportation Alliance President, will take us on a journey through the history of Chicago street transportation, relating how shared use in the early part of the 20th century evolved into auto-oriented dominence, and how she and others are working with city government to foster transformation to a Safe Streets for All policy.

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C. H. Thompson (1859-1945): Developer of Luxury Homes by Gustavo Azevedo Three centuries ago, not much of modern-day Rogers Park existed. Where houses, apartments and shops now line the streets, birch trees and dunes dotted the landscape. Although almost empty compared to today’s population, the area was home to small groups of Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa, […]

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