At a rally Saturday in Pilsen, 20-year-old Erik Vega referred to as Chicago police “scared” to provide his circle of relatives extra details about how officials got here to fatally shoot his older brother 5 days previous, a block from the place he addressed the gang. “This isn’t like other cases, because [police] know my brother was innocent,” he instructed supporters that accrued on the base of Plaza Tenochtitlan’s iconic obelisk monument. Erik Vega promised demonstrators they'd get justice for his brother, 26-year-old Miguel Vega, who used to be shot via police Monday night time. “I’m very angry he had to go this way,” Erik Vega mentioned. More than 100 folks then marched with Vega’s circle of
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Pilsen, Chinatown, Bridgeport: Armed robberies reported in
Chicago police are warning residents of 4 armed robberies reported in January in Near West Side neighborhoods. In every incident, somebody flashes a handgun and calls for the sufferer’s cellular phone and pockets, Chicago police mentioned in a neighborhood alert. The robberies occurred: About 12:30 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 600 block of West 33rd Street; About 1:55 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 2200 block of South Archer Avenue; About three p.m. Jan. 28, within the 2000 block of South Ruble Street; and About 6:20 a.m. Jan. 29, within the 1800 block of West 21st Street. Anyone with info is requested to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.
Pilsen gentrification: Affordable housing and the battle for
For years, the elementary colleges in Pilsen had been bursting on the seams. As far again because the 1950s, Mexican immigrants flocked to a neighborhood that felt very similar to these that they had left behind. The native eating places served carnitas, a slow-cooked pulled pork. The bakeries bought conchas, a standard candy bread. Most everybody spoke Spanish, and perhaps your new neighbor was associates along with your cousin or grandparents again house. Pilsen flourished, ultimately changing into a favourite vacation spot of vacationers and restaurant-goers. The neighborhood public colleges flourished too, to the purpose the place overcrowding grew to become the norm. But lately, younger, prosperous singles and {couples} have moved in, sending
Pilsen alderman strikes to designate St. Adalbert’s as a
Pilsen’s rookie Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) has requested that the shuttered St. Adalbert Church be designated a Chicago landmark in hopes of holding the historic constructing away from the wrecking ball. Sigcho-Lopez despatched a letter Wednesday to the town’s Planning and Development Department requesting the distinguished designation that would come with the church’s exterior facades, iconic twin towers, inside sanctuary, and rectory. The transfer would “honor and preserve these beautiful and architecturally significant structures and encourage positive developments towards a goal of maintaining these buildings,” Sigcho-Lopez wrote, in line with a duplicate of the letter obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. If St. Adalbert, at 1636 W. 17th St., is designated a landmark, any work requiring a
Man broken Pilsen church after making an attempt to get inside
Lincoln United Methodist Church leaders are involved {that a} man who reportedly tried to drive his means into the church Tuesday is the newest focused assault towards the Pilsen church. About 1:28 p.m., officers responded to reviews of a housebreaking that had simply occurred within the 2200 block of South Damen Avenue, Chicago police stated. Lincoln United Methodist Church is situated at 2242 S. Damen Ave. Witnesses advised officers {that a} man got here to the entrance of the church and tried to get inside, police stated. The man then kicked the glass doorways, damaging them earlier than operating off in an unknown course. The man is described as 30 to 35 years
Founders of La Catrina Café say goodbye to Pilsen, good day to
Six years in the past, Diana Galicia and Salvador Corona stop their jobs, cashed out their retirement financial savings and opened a espresso store on 18th Street in Pilsen. The transfer paid off: La Catrina — named after Mexico’s grand dame of loss of life — grew to become a neighborhood staple quickly after opening on International Women’s Day in 2013. Artists, politicians and lecturers from close by Joseph Jungman Elementary have been regulars. Vendors turned the café right into a avenue market nearly each weekend. “We wanted to create a space for the community to come in and enjoy,” stated Galicia who, like Corona, grew up in Pilsen. “Nothing else mattered.” Sunday was the couple’s