Is Pilsen Still Mexican?

[Chi-town Native]

Originally Posted by jonnynonos

Did you ever read a book called Lords of Lawndale? About LS in the mid 80s; the kid was in a street gang called the Almighty Gaylords. Pretty cool read of a time and place not much discussed. Very raw.

Good book, it would be great to hear a "neutron" history of Logan Square at that time period. I had close friends in the area and was there a lot in the early/mid 80s, but we were neither old enough nor so inclined to actually join one.

I'm curious about this book, anyone read it?

Romantic Violence in R World - the America you can

[nearnorth]

Originally Posted by jonnynonos

I was referring mostly to the northwest side, but my point is that even the worst incidents in a place like Chicago shouldn't be conflated with the notorious violence that went along with integration during the civil rights era in the south.

Okay, but I didn't see anyone making that conflation.

I simply said that people have most certainly "lamented" (and much more) when people of color have moved into white neighborhoods. A previous poster said they don't, so I was correcting them. Nothing more or less.

[doodlemagic]

Your starting to get a lot of hipsters moving in but still fairly heavily hispanic