Reviving an Inner City Community: The Drama of Urban Change in East Humboldt Park in Chicago.

Autor/in	Marciniak, Ed
Institution	Loyola Univ., Chicago, IL. Dept. of Political Science.
Titel	Reviving an Inner City Community: The Drama of Urban Change in East Humboldt Park in Chicago.
Quelle	(1977), (72 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Development; Community Involvement; Community Planning; Inner City; Neighborhood Improvement; Political Issues; Socioeconomic Influences; Urban Demography; Urban Problems; Urban Renewal; Illinois; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Politischer Faktor; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Stadtsanierung
Abstract	In 1974, residents of East Humboldt Park, one of the oldest working class communities in Chicago, Illinois, gathered together in a common effort to reverse the process of urban decay and deterioration in their community. With the help of a hired consultant, the citizens planned the future of their community, a process that was completed in 1976, and resulted in a three year program for improvement of the area. Activities during the planning process intersected with many of the forces that affect urban life including political leadership, flight to the suburbs, downtown business interests, religious institutions, rekindling of old neighborhoods, the upward mobility of in-migrants, racial and ethnic transition, the traffic of new expressways, and comprehensive planning for the city as a whole. This report focuses on the dilemmas that the planners faced in relation to these forces, and the strategies that they adopted to resolve emergent problems. The report concludes by discussing the comprehensive neighborhood plan that the community planners formulated, entitled "Program for Improvement: 1977-1980." The program is described as an alternate strategy for inner city neighborhood improvement, that does not require replacement of poor and moderate income residents with an established middle class. Potential problems and prospects for implementation of the program are explored. (MJL)
Anmerkungen	Institute of Urban Life, 14 East Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611 ($2.95 prepaid), and Discourses, Department of Political Science, Room 601, Loyola University, 820 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC