Pilsen Chicago

Pilsen is the most beautiful, vibrant, interesting neighborhood in the USA. Here is a slideshow of murals, buildings, schools, and churches.

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• Pilsen
• Chicago
• gentrification
• murals
• Chicano
• Mexican
• 18thStreet

[GUEROMEXICANO831]

Pilsen is the heart of the Mexican/Chicano community in Chicago, right?

[utahaztec]

I would say yes but the Little Village neighborhood has many Mexicans as well.

[yoseph777]

i guess it started from pilsen then the move west ward to little village. numerous mexicanos also live in the maxwell street area.

[utahaztec]

@yoseph777

I was born in the Maxwell street area before my old neighborhood was destroyed to construct what is now the UIC. Many Mexican families moved southward towards Pilsen. This was in the early 60s.

[smilenowcrylater9]

@GUEROMEXICANO831 yea Pilsen, "Little Village", and "The Back of the Yards" are probably the biggest Mexican/Chicano communities in Chicago. The South Chicago and East Side area is full as well.

[utahaztec]

@smilenowcrylater9

Many people I grew up with in Pilsen now live in Little Village.

[student38]

I live on Cullerton and Morgan...To my right, all yuppies and volvos...To my left, kids and pit bulls running, having fun in the street on a nice summer day...What a culture clash...I like the simplicity of living like a yuppie and the alegria of still being able to live around Mexicans because most Caucasians seem to work long hours and then go home and watch cable..Not much of a life...Gotta sit on your front porch and drink a few from time to time...

[awsninja]

@Malleus7777

I was born and raised in Pilsen and yes it is racist to say those things. For one I am Hispanic and I dont act like an animal. So here is my Unapologetic truth: your an idiot with generalizations of people, if anything your the one acting like an animal.

[619obp]

i used 2 live right on front of cooper but sadly the city destroyed the building where i used 2 live

[PeaceNirvana1912]

When my father first emigrated into the USA, he lived in Pilsen :)

I love visiting from time to time, even though my parents don't let me saying that it's too dangerous. I think it's beautiful!

[jessikay2010]

i live around there(:!

[xxDANiiRAxx]

i live in pilsen(: I love living here!:) Its a beautiful place:)

[yoseph777]

thisi video is too beautiful! i love the muruals with these colors..... yellow como maize, orange like the papaya, green como los jalepnos it's all da color of love. this house head loves pilsen des de san anto azlan

[yoseph777]

i living in aztlan now. this pass summer i visited pilsen my cousin bobby garza works at the fire station on damen and 21st . the mexican museum. Sundays we went to maxwell st and buy at machavicks. then we go to the shows on madision street & halsted .Mostly homeless people go to the shows. i love da music they played on maxwell street. good memories. the closest we have to maxwell street is our pulga or flea markets. but they play mostly norteno musica and not blues.