Chicago Matters - Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Changes in Home Design

Heidi Goldfein, Chicago Public Radio Reporter

Posted on 5.22.2002

Eight Forty-Eight 5/22/2002

Posted on 5.22.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-House of Pain

House of Pain is the street name for a Chicago Public Housing high-rise building at Stateway Gardens. When residents learn their building is scheduled for demolition, they must come to terms with their next move.

Posted on 5.21.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-The Schwartz Sisters: The Blue House with the Rose Window

Anna, Heather, and Sarah talk about growing up in Oak Park.

Posted on 5.17.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Personal Story: Flutra Sahatquija: Homesick

Flutra Sahatquija-Kosovar Refugee

Posted on 5.15.2002

The Changing Face of Marquette Park

Chicago is still one of the most segregated cities in the country. Yet, in some neighborhoods, old patterns of segregation are giving way to new ethnically and racially mixed communities. This documentary looks at the changing face of one such community, Marquette Park.

Posted on 5.14.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Zoning Laws in the North Suburbs

Carlos Hernandez Gomez reports on suburban housing issues.

Posted on 5.13.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Restrictive Covenants, Part Two

Produced by Chicago Public Radio's Jody Becker.

Posted on 5.10.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Restrictive Covenants, Part One

Produced by Chicago Public Radio's Jody Becker.

Posted on 5.10.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Girl Scouts in a Shelter

A profile of a Girl Scouts troop whose members live in a battered women's shelter.

Posted on 5.9.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Personal Story: Ann Kauth: The Life Cycle of a Wash Rag, and Other Wonders

Ann Kauth works in marketing, more or less. She's a social scientist who interviews and observes people in their own homes in order to understand not only what kind of products potential consumers use at home, but also how, where, and why they use them.

Posted on 5.8.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Raising a Zambian Family in Chicago

Chicago Public Radio Producer Gordan Muleya speaks with an Edgewater resident from Zambia.

Posted on 5.6.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Fred Jones, Paul Jones, and John Blanton: Miss Widman's House

Over four decades ago, their shared instability of family and home brought three otherwise unrelated boys into the same house of charity.

Posted on 5.3.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Predatory Lending

Residents of Back of the Yards, a South Side Chicago neighborhood, fight back against predatory mortgage lending.

Posted on 5.2.2002

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing-Rob Paral: You Can Go Home Again

Rob Paral grew up in Cicero, Illinois—and got out as fast as he could.

Posted on 5.1.2002