#1: Gage Park has a history of racism. People protested the entrance of African Americans into the neighborhood. 
Poster promoting a speech by Neo-Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell.#2: During the 60's many white kids left Gage Park high school for a school year (or semester) because of integration.
#3: Gage Park was mainly settled by Roman Catholics from western Europe and many active parishes can still be found in the area.
At St. Simon the Apostle mass is still given in Slovak as well as Spanish and English.#4:The neighborhood is predominately Hispanic.
#5 Gage Park is home to The Colony, a theater built in the 1920's.
Although no longer active as a theater The Colony is a wonderful piece of early 20th century Chicago architecture.
#5 Gage Park is home to The Colony, a theater built in the 1920's.
Although no longer active as a theater The Colony is a wonderful piece of early 20th century Chicago architecture. 
1 comment:
how do these facts connect with your view of the neighborhood? the multifacets (if I can make that word up a bit)?
overall, alma, your blog has left me breathless. keep it up.
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