Jon Lowenstein

THE HEART: SouthSide

Madonna Driver runs in her front yard before she and her family moved to another neighborhood. Vacant lots that used to sell for $1 in the 1980's are valuable real estate and developers all over the South Side are clambering to scoop up the land that at one time was considered almost worthless. These developers and the city's politicians have worked together to ensure that the city will be a place for the wealthy, but have created few reassurances that poor people will be welcome in the new city.
Madonna Driver runs in her front yard before she and her family moved to another neighborhood. Vacant lots that used to sell for $1 in the 1980's are valuable real estate and developers all over the South Side are clambering to scoop up the land that at one time was considered almost worthless. These developers and the city's politicians have worked together to ensure that the city will be a place for the wealthy, but have created few reassurances that poor people will be welcome in the new city.