ROSELAND 2006 Part One YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

[Nanadsyl]

I grew up at 97th and Parnell (1960 to77) and my sisters went to Burnside. We all went to Harlan. My aunt lived at 111th and Parnell and worked at Roseland Hospital for 30 yrs. Im afraid to drive through Roseland. Everything has gone downhill unfortunately.

[snertster]

I lived on 115th and Eggleston from about 1959-1960 until around 1965. Worked from 1971-73 for the Roseland PO and had a real estate guy giving me his card and telling me he'd give me a cut of any prospective "white flight" houses I turned him on to. I can also remember black people I worked with moving to Roseland thinking they were in heaven & were getting away from the bad element in their old neighborhoods.Then them getting victimized by the same folks who moved in after them. Sad.

[tje1966]

Nice job on the video. I grew up in Lansing and the last time I was in Roseland was in 1970 when I played in a grade school Catholic league footbal game in Palmer Park (I think we played St. Anthonys). Yes I remember that hideous smell of the Sherwin Williams factory! Lansing was full of people who couldn't get out of Roseland fast enough! Problem is, Lansing now is where Roseland was in the late 60's and early 70's. Maybe in about 10 years, I can do a video like this about Lansing. Thanks!

[Roadbikebitch]

makes me fucking sick.

[GodJewels]

This entire "video series" is pretty racist IMO.

[kibjohn]

bullshit!  I happen to live in roseland, and it aint shit around here no more...

[ImdaBestFdaRest]

two things: 1 there is only one people humans, 2 every man is his own person.

[Rampid469]

See the definition of "BLOCKBUSTING" in any dictionary. As a child I recall the random phone calls, flyers and agents ringing the door bell.

~~Definition of Blockbusting: The practice of persuading white homeowners to sell quickly and usually at a loss by appealing to the fear that minority groups and especially Black people will move into the neighborhood, causing property values to decline. The property is then resold at inflated prices.

[Rampid469]

To be honest there is more racial harmony in the back woods of this state than I ever encountered in the 40 years I lived on Chicagos Southside. Here is see neighborhoods where people are judged by their integrity instead of their skin tone. Roseland during its mass exodus period was not that place. Dont get me wrong I have many fond memories of my Roseland also. Memories that will remain a part of me.

[Rampid469]

Several things happened in the city of Chicago that impacted Roselands working class households in the late 70's and 80's. Steel Mills and factory type jobs left overnight. Spiegels, Wards, Carl Budding, and Oscar Mayers... The list goes on. I live in Virginia now, a state that proudly displays the rebel flag while recognizing its confederate roots. Continued

[Rampid469]

My parents are hard working professional African Americans who moved to the neighborhood in this video in 1970.I grew up on those streets and proudly attended Mendel Catholic. Seeing my old block in its present condition hurts my heart. The Roseland I remember was great even during its racial transition and yes racial conflict. The term I choose to use is "White Flight". I recall neighbors smiling by day and moving out overnight. continued

[DrawJam]

what a train wreck of a neighborhood it is now, what was once the safest area in chicago is now one of the WORST, drive by shootings and all, YIKES!

[ImdaBestFdaRest]

i live roseland..and have for the twenty years of my life, the area is getter better now thanks to new businesses

[brenanbum]

The former residents of Roseland have been gone for over 30 years. THEY owned the businesses and restaurants - today, there is no evidence of the new, working and middle class residents described below building the community and investing in the neighborhood. Where are the new stores and restaurants? Can you walk down the street at night without being afraid? How do your kids like school? Any violence? Please. . .

[mvclayton]

The music reflects what was and what is!!!!!!!!!

[mvclayton]

HONEST TO THE BONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mvclayton]

White people left because of what was about to be dumped on them, dude. My dad and mother left because the neighborhood was about to go down and they had worked too long and hard to see their life savings go down the drain with people who didn't give a damn about life, property, crime and would rather buy some damn refer or booze than some paint to spruce their homes up. It was a CULTURAL EXIT!

[KillaCastro6438]

ya'll left cuz ya'll was scared!!!

[bigklute]

My grandparents lived just off the corner of 117th and Princeton (19??-1968). My brother and I went by the old place last summer. Didn't look bad. The area is starting to pick-up and you can tell the homeowners are taking much better care of the neighborhood. I drove through 20 years ago and the place looked like hell.

[milky1041]

Im curious to know what type of people lived down the hill. I grow up in Roseland in the 80s. My family moved there in the 70 just when Im sure your family left. Im curious because the homes down the hill are a lot nicer today then those uo the hill. Honestly where families up the hill poorer then those down the hill?

[lilboyon]

115th and state!!!!!!!!

[shonnjohn]

10-4 state street li house on the corner get at me

[sugarbear522]

I was a baby when I lived in Roseland (116th and Wentworth to be exact). And I also grew up in Country Club Hills and Hazel Crest. Predominately black areas today, yet nice working class areas. Just because neighborhoods and suburbs are predomitely black does NOT mean they are "ghettoized".

[wallyhines]

I'm from Roseland.

Graduated from Holy Rosary grammar school in 1974.

Last white kid to do so. Learned early on you take people one at a time regardless of their race.

My family worked for Pullman car company for three generations.

The band Styx and Chicago hail from this neighborhood.

[milky1041]

Wow Holy Rosary, I lived down the street on 114th. When I was little in the 80s we played on the campus. Was the crap apple tree there when you went there. That statue of Mary always gave me creeps. We had classic football games in the directories yard

[aoeu2007]

Is this Roseland, Indiana??

Also, in reply to racist comments, check out how white people behave among themselves, in Roseland, Indiana:

minguo dot info / usa / node / 67

[walterj513]

It's the Roseland section of Chicago. The video itself says none of the things being discussed in these comments. People are reading their own opinions into it. But I'm glad people are finding something to think about here.

[aoeu2007]

Thank you for the reply.

Yeah: I didn't think the video was intended to be what the comments suggest.

Blessings to you! :)

[woowee53]

I live basically a stones throw from Roseland. It's fucked up

[Dadzee]

Change does not come at a sprint but at a crawl. Go down south and take a look at some good old fashioned white trash neighborhoods. I am talking shacks for homes, kids wearing shoddy clothes, but a new bass boat and 4x4 in the driveway. Poor blacks learned for generations from the other poor they were surrounded by. Things are changing for the better as post MLK generation blacks learn investing does not involve a set of rims. What killed Roseland happened long ago. Let it go.

[acidicjazzhead]

A large portion of the "urban gentrification" (an overstressed phrase much like 'gay homosexual', but I digress) are middle class Black people. Take a good look at the neighborhoods of Douglas, Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Near South Side. Stay in the burbs, obviously the city has gotten to sophisticated for you.

[mannyfresh213]

My oldman owned the newsstand on 111th and Michigan Ave. Lived at Palmer Park. Shored at The YMCA on 111th st. What happened to Paseventos? Down the street from Pullman Wine?

[pesaventomary]

Hey, I lived in Roseland and two of the homes I lived in are now vacant lots. I guess you can't go home again.