Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods

Included in this article the future site of Olympic Stadium in the Washington Park neighborhood and one nearby with this morning's blog post focus in the Englewood neighborhood:
Chicago's three other danger zones are located in poverty-stricken Englewood, a hot bed for violence in recent years. They include census tracts near:

• • 66th and Yale, ranked No. 19 with a violent crime ratio of 115 (per 1,000 residents).

• • 58th and Wallace and 60th and Winchester, ranked No. 24 and 25, respectively. Residents had a 1-in-9 chance of being violent crime victims.

"Englewood is a neighborhood that has had a lot of things happen to it. There are very good people in Englewood, and their houses are often the only ones standing on their block," said Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th). "Public policy decisions made long ago caused us to get where we are today."

Lyle, whose ward includes 66th and Yale, said the study shines another light on the desperate need for both short-term fixes and a long-term solution to social problems that plague Englewood.

"It's been time for [Mayor Daley] to pay attention," she said. "We put more money collectively into Englewood than anywhere else, but it's a little here and a little there. We need to go back in there and consolidate resources to solve some of the problems."
Via Newsalert!

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