Discover South Chicago

Discover South Chicago is a cutting edge audio slideshow created by community developers in South Chicago.

South Chicago
From steel town to green town

In the 1950s, South Chicago was steel town. That's when the U.S. Steel Southworks employed 130,000 people at the height of its business. But today South Chicago is green town. If you visit in May, when the neighborhood hosts the Green Summit, you'll get to explore a showcase for urban green innovation in Chicago. But South Chicago is not without its old fashioned perennial favorites. Stroll down Commercial Avenue and sample the homemade ice cream at El Potrillo. Head over to the 95th Street Bridge where the Blues Brothers movie was filmed and enjoy the famous fried shrimp at Calumet Fisheries. Crown your tour with a visit to Calumet Park where 200 acres host volleyball, swimming and the S. E. Chicago Historical Society.

South Chicago is part of the LISC New Communities program.

By Claretian Associates
Address: 9108 South Brandon Ave. Chicago, IL 60617

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[alaskajo]

Thanks for posting I now live in Alaska have not been "HOME" in over 18 years I MISS MY HOME SOUTH CHICAGO

[ChiShowcase]

well, keep coming back here cause we'll be adding cool multimedia about South Chicago. that way you'll be ready next time you come back to visit!

[TAXENGINEER]

Steel dumping from foreign steel like nippon steel hurt USSTEEL.And too bad the government didnt dump money tax breaks on the Chicago steel industry as it did with the Banking and the auto industries today.

As a result USSTEEL is alot leaner..Maybe GM can learn from USSTEEL.

[Emergenarts]

Thanks you for your comment. I love Roman and Maria. Come and visit us in the Spring.

[alaskajo]

It will always be home I go as far back as remembering Goldblatts,Geytee,s Ice cream Commecial theatre, when i first saw the video I did not weep, I sobbed I hope to One day go back there and teach Tai Chi to inner city kids as a way of self- awearness I am also an artist I recognise my compadre and comadre Roman and Maria Viareal I too am an artist