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  [Speech about Chicago Plan 21]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television, Latinx

  A speech opposing the controversial “Chicago Plan 21,” a large-scale development project intended to attract affluent suburban residents back into the city. Detractors – especially in Pilsen, Chinatown, and the South Side – felt ignored the needs of the the communities already living there. It was seen as an investment in gentrification that would create a massive displacement of residents. At this meeting, held in Spanish, the speaker discusses the plan’s widespread negative impacts on the Puerto Rican community and others, as well as the immediate needs for funding in education and housing that were being ignored in favor of this project aimed at high income, largely white communities that do not live within the city.

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  [Channel 7 Eyewitness News Report about Schoenhofen Brewery Building]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  A new report on the Schoenhofen Brewery Building being declared a historic landmark, and the competing proposals to develop the building and its surrounding area in Pilsen, Chicago. Proposals include creating a multi-media arts/technology center that would incorporate video art, drawing from artists working in image processing at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.

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  Our View From The Red Line

  Beyondmedia Education, Chicago

  In collaboration with Family Matters organization, Beyond Media made this documentary about the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago, IL. This documentary places a focus in the North of Howard area of Roger’s Park. Residents of the neighborhood share their stories, including their hopes and fears for the future of North of Howard in Rogers Park.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Gold Coast interviews and skyline]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Raw video shot for “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the City of Chicago. This video features interviews with several Gold Coast residents and visitors. The video also records the Chicago sky line and building development on the Gold Coast.