Witness the Rapid Transformation in Chicago’s 5 Most Gentrified Neighborhoods
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2023
- In this video, we explore the most gentrified neighborhoods in Chicago. Some of these before and after photos via Google street view are astonishing.
Gentrification occurs when there is a substantial gap between the current value of a place, and its potential value. More capital is invested into the
neighborhood and the type of people who live there change over time.
A positive aspect of gentrification is that neighborhoods become much more dense with improved infrastructure like bike lanes and public parks. Who doesn’t love a walkable place?
A negative aspect of gentrification is the potential displacement of current residents due to rising property taxes.
The key reasons why these neighborhoods were so heavily gentrified were due to
located close to downtown Chicago or to major transportation hubs, such as train stations or airports
Industrial Conversion to residential or mixed use spaces
Cultural Amenities like galleries, museums, and theaters
Are you for or against gentrification?
5 Most gentrified neighborhoods in Chicago
Logan Square
Wicker Park
West Loop
Pilsen
South Loop
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Gentrification is a word used to try to villainize people fixing up and improving areas that the people who live there have let go to the point that properties are being condemned and not safe for habitation. Had the people that lived in these neighborhoods kept their properties up and maintained even on a minimal basis. Their property people wouldn’t be able to come in and buy it for pennies on the dollar and then build something that’s more valuable and more expensive. If you were one of the people who did keep your property up when this starts happening, your property values go through the roof. my mother and father-in-law live in the neighborhood that went through this process and their property values tripled, and interest to years. There’s no problem at all with people coming in and buying these run down
properties and fixing them up. Half of the properties and their neighborhood were completely abandoned. Trying to villainize people that are coming in and revitalizing. These areas makes no sense. If the people that live there cared about the area, they would’ve spent the time and energy it takes to maintain the property or sold it to somebody who would.
I was gonna say, gentrification sounds like a terrible thing when in reality they are swapping a certain kind of person for one that cares about community and safety. Sometimes hipsters are the ones revitalizing areas so you gotta hand it to them.
It's not that people are against gentrification but when you're a long time native seeing all of your friends and family you've known for years pack up and move away cause they can no longer afford to live there then that's a problem. It's not that people who live in the community don't want to fix up their homes it's because labor, materials and contractors charge an arm and a leg for renovatio, remodeling. Not all people can qualify for a home loan or mortgage either cause banks have made it difficult for those with median income or low income. You then stated if everyone fixed their property etc...fast forward all these young hipsters want luxury this luxury that but whine about cohabing at 30 years old with 10 people in a 2 bedroom condo about why rent is close to 4k byt think they should pay cheap rent or no rent at all. The luxurious life ain't cheap. These developers and politicians say that mixed incomes with mixed housing can work but, in reality it isn't working. The economy has also changed but its not for an average person working 9 to 5 making 60k a year, these hipsters are making well over 6 figures which also drives up the high cost of housing. See people complained about the depleted buildings, crime and empty store fronts but then when we voted to see about investing in our neighborhoods the developers coned us into believing they were building these new apartments for us when in reality it was never part of the plan.
Never been in Chicago. It is definitely on my bucket list. Meanwhile I enjoy it through your videos. You just got a new subscriber!!!!
Oh you must go! The best city in America during the summer by far. Thank you for subscribing.
I mean, I don't even expect these to be for strait up poor, but when a condo starts at $300,000 and rent starts at $3000 a month, that prices out a HUGE section of the population. Basically, these neighborhoods are ONLY for very rich already or people with very posh 6 figure jobs and everyone else is not welcome.
Precisely why gentrification is such a huge issue.
People just need to straight up admit that they can't afford to live anywhere they want. Some neighborhoods are exclusive. So many crying babies out there.
300k is not expensive for a condo near downtown. Even an old appartment in the middle of nowhere will go for 250k
@@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein the problem with gentrification is that people were already living there before being priced out.
@@user-om8pb8ob9i It's a good thing when property values go up. It means you have more equity and resale value. What better way to generate wealth for the people who already live in the neighborhood?
I really enjoyed seeing the before and after pictures! It really showed the change
Right? It is fun to explore with Google street view. Like a Time Machine!
I love your video format. Really cool to see these changes.
Thank you, Daniel!
Nicely done. You hit the neighborhoods that I thought you would. Can't wait till Brooklyn since I lived there back in the 90s and still have friends there.
Really?! What was Brooklyn like back in the 90s?
@@cities4ppl I returned in 2019 after 20 years and it hadn't changed much at all in some areas, but it was night and day in others. First I lived right downtown in a highrise. It's still the same now, but just a few blocks away lots of new skyscrapers have been built essentially creating a new skyline. Then I lived in a highrise in DUMBO between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges for a short time. In the 90s that area was mostly wharehouses and factories. Now it's all trendy and full of life, restaurants, shops, new waterfront, etc. Then I lived in Brooklyn Heights above the BQE just across from lower Manhattan. This neighborhood is historic district and hasn't changed with it's brownstones and tree lined streets. My friends live out in Flatbush, a predominantly Caribbean neighborhood near Prospect Park. It's still pretty much the same, but is starting to slowly gentrify. Love Brooklyn.
Very cool. Thank you for sharing. You just can’t beat NYC history.
I am all for redevelopment, but the city should force these builders to provide low income housing in the mix, 25-30 percent.
Nice walkable neighborhoods should be available to everyone.
Absolutely. I plan to highlight a few of those low income housing developments in future vids.
That feels like a double edged sword. Unless they can provide heavy stipulations to keep people who sell drugs or cause blight through crime. Maybe strick guidelines for applications to help people who really are struggling financially that are wanting a better life to live in safer neighborhoods, but i do agree just how to implement might be a challenge.
@@crashtestdummy1972 Provide a path to ownership and people will care about their home and their neighborhood.
Most developments in Chicago do actually require affordable housing, just not always in these trendy areas. One of the city's biggest new projects at 400 N Lake Shore Dr will designate 20% of its units as affordable housing which is a big win for people who work downtown and can't afford the typical luxury apartments
@@crashtestdummy1972crime comes from lack of opportunity……….
Well, for the most part, unless you’re the government or on Wall Street….
rogers park is another neighborhood that has seen lots of gentrification over the years crazy how much it's changed.
Crazy good?
Hopefully, it doesn’t turn generic. A lot of RP still feels like the Chicago a lot of us grew up in.
I’m not against changes & development, but when X neighborhood in Chicago can be compared to X neighborhood in *insert another city here* cause they all have the same predictable coffee shops or whatever…
That’s what I don’t like.. or when some people are excluded from the “development”…
This was eye opening. This explains what I have been witnessing in San Diego, I just did not have the term for it.
Great video. But it fails to mention some of the major gentrification that took place on the North Side several decades ago. The west side of Old Town is now a very nice area to live in, but was once quite dangerous due to nearby Cabrini-Green. And before the 1960's, Lincoln Park was a run-down Puerto Rican neighborhood, and it gradually gentrified into the posh neighborhood it is today.
I lived in Logan Square 97-05 was gentrifying in late 90s but still had a great deal of Puerto Rican, Mexican and Polish grounding
Certainly. I believe it is still majority Hispanic/Latino which means there wasn’t a ton of displacement.
@@cities4pplit's majority white now, and practically completely gentrified
@@krnpowr*suburban white, whose families have been in the US for generations….&/or come from other states or the burbs.
I’m Puerto Rican and grew up with a lot of Polish friends in the area. Most were immigrants or 1-2nd generation. I remember us getting along just fine in school. A lot of the new white residents can’t even make eye contact with you. 👀 Not saying all (there are some nice ones), but it changes the vibe of the neighborhood, from feeling like a neighborhood to almost impersonal…..
Try the Lincolnpark Clybourn area once the scences of Heavy Industry an aging industrial strip of steel mills scrap yards warehouses that ran along the eastern edge of the Chicago River a couple blocks from then Cabrini green.
Gentrification is a disgusting practice.
What are some of the reasons why you feel that way?
Improving living conditions is so disgusting!!!
@@Hw-xf6gs Not for the people,e who called those neighborhood home for so long, they were manipulated and displaced.
@@OGimperial97 the beauty of capitalism is it allows you to choose your financial destiny. I have no sympathy for those who voluntarily keep their neighborhoods in garbage shape. The owners of property in these areas should be thankful others are coming in beautifying their area and making it a much safer place. Gentrification is just a word racists use to bash those who actual invest in our nation
@@Hw-xf6gs I think you know very well, that a lot of the owners of properties were owned by slumlords who lived outside of those neighborhoods, and you probably also know that in most major cities, city services were withheld from neighborhoods where people of color lived. How condescending, disrespectful and inaccurate you are to say that gentrified neighborhoods were in rough shape because people didn't work hard enough to take care of it.
😃 " AMAZING!.... I also totally agree with your neutral position on Gentrification. A lot of residents fail to grasp that market-driven forces have always shaped neighborhoods. Some just see dramatic or frequent demographic changes than others depending upon market-driven interests. ' In a perfect world ' that wouldn't be the case but, like it or not, Reality shows Us otherwise. "
Thank you! It really is amazing to use google street view as a Time Machine. I’m officially addicted 😃
What a take on gentrification for a channel named Cities for People. Don't take us wrong, we haven't seen all your videos and don't know what you exactly stand for but this was striking line for a first video from this channel. Bit disappointing, but keep up your hard work. Success.
Less crime would be terrible
Nothing on the south side just the west loop , anything south ?
Great video. Uptown is another neighborhood that's undergone a lot of change over the past 20 years. Uptown has long been a diverse, mixed-income alternative to the homogeneity of Lincoln Park/Lakeview, but in recent years the neighborhood has been rapidly gentrifying as wealth creeps up the lakefront. The neighborhood is now majority white, which is concerning. We just elected Angela Clay as alderwoman though, and she ran on a platform of promoting diversity and affordable housing in the community. Hopefully as the neighborhood continues developing, more affordable housing will be built as well.
Great insight! I do plan to highlight the best affordable housing projects in gentrified neighborhoods. I had a hard time narrowing it down to 5 neighborhoods in Chicago.
All of the northside has gone through dramatic change the past 3 decades with the possible exception being Albany Park, but we're now starting to see development there, too! The northside and downtown are booming economically and culturally like they never have, while the south and westsides are experiencing great poverty and disinvestment. It's a tale of two cities.
@@krnpowr agreed 100% but not all of the South and West sides is like that. Development is quickly creeping west of west loop and on the south side Obama's presidential center is sure to inspire more development in Woodlawn and South Shore (Hyde Park already having lot's of investment) and a lot going on in South Loop as well which often gets overshadowed by west loop. The neighborhoods with the least amount of investment are definitely south and west though
You should let the into music go a little longer
Lol and less talking from me, eh?
I have cousins who live in Pilsen and have lived there since when it was all Mexicans. I went to visit recently and it feels like a completely different neighborhood
Is the term “whitewash” offensive?
@@cities4ppl no
It started as a Czech neighborhood... Pilsen is named after the city Pilsen, Czech Republic. I guess the neighborhood was never a 'mexican' neighborhood to begin with.
@@richardwildlife88-wj6kl yes but since the 70s the neighborhood was mostly Mexican
@@richardwildlife88-wj6klCorrect. There's a reason why the vernacular architecture of the dwellings, residences, churches, businesses, appear as they do. And its not because the folks who built the historic buildings came from Mexico. Most of the historic buildings, with Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic, Romanesque, treatments and accents, are European in origin and inspiration. It is neighborhoods with these features, that attract people. Not modernist statements, which come off as cold, aloof and forbidding. Even Mies Van Der Rohl, lived in a prewar building, and not one of his modernist, steel and glass cages.
I would love to know more about the SouthSide of Chicago. I'm thinking of buying something in South Shore. The buildings are amazing and nice and clean. I'm not afraid to being an urban pioneer, but, from what I'm reading is that its not truthfully happening like it should. SouthSide's gentrification would be the next best thing to happen for Chicago and the USA as a whole.
The sheer amount of violent crime in that part of the city is tough to overcome. But you’re right, it’s past due to see some improvement. I think gentrification is inevitable but may simply take another 50 years.
Do not move there. Unless you a hood ass mofo you need to be in west Hyde park
Eventually the city will start gentrifying most of the West and Southside within the next several years. It’s already beginning with the extension of the Redline deep within the south. The current communities see that as a beneficial thing but will be the beginning of the end for their current affordable living situation. A sneaky yet needed gentrification mechanism that will displace many in the surrounding areas. Even the Damen Green line stop on the Westside is being revamped and renovated to the core. If the Kedzie Greenline stop in West Garfield park gets revamped it’s a wrap for that area. Redevelopment usually starts off slow then takes off like a bullet train before most can notice anything. A city or land areas don’t belong to just anyone. It will always belong to the wealthy.
Yes, the South side has a number of areas, especially along the lakefront, which still have amazing properties. But the reputation for crime is well deserved, and cannot be ignored. The lakefront properties should mirror what one finds on the North Side. The South Side, makes up the greater portion of Chicago.
Crime is still a huge issue in Chicago.
Concentrated on the south side.
@@cities4ppl parts of west side too
When I lived in Chicago, during the 80s, many of the areas west of Halstead, in Lincoln Park, and Lake View, were dicey, and a mixed bag. They are presently premium areas, which are far cleaner, well maintained and far safer. The desire and demad to live in these areas, is very high. With gentrification, the pros far outweigh the cons. As far as property maintenance, city services, and safety goes.
@@cities4pplNot quite. There is far too much on the West Side. Even in places, such as Uptown, and Lake View, the incidents are far too high, and are much more brazen then when I lived there years ago. I moved out of Chicago in 2008.
--- IT'S BEEN CRITICISED BECAUSE ELIMINATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING . . . was the point of gentrification, improvements that "could not be made" until the down-scale urban natives "moved out" for the suburban interlopers to move in and make it up-scale. Thanks for the slip of the tongue.
North, West & South of Downtown Chicago is Turning into Manhattan New York.
Is that good thing or bad thing?
@@cities4ppl depends on how much money you have.
Used to live in Printer's Row, and River North, Lincoln Park, Lake View, Ravenswood, Andersonville and Lincoln Square. I have resided in Manhattan for 15 years. Very little in Chicago resembles Manhattan. Very little.
@@seanwilliams7655 Touche' (smile)
*bloomingdale, not bloomington.
Duly noted!
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don't mind gentrification in general, but stop tearing down old buildings.
It depends. Chicago, for touting its architectural eminence and legacy, does not have a sterling or enviable record when it comes to historic preservation. I moved to Chicago in 1980 and left in 2008. During that expanse of time, I witnessed far too many structures of historic importance, torn down. Far too many, for a city renowned for its buildings. I was not happy to see the destruction of the former LaSalle Street Station and Northwestern Sation, LaSalle Hotel, or even the Sherman House. All of these buildings, gave the Loop, a far more interesting vibe then what has replaced them. They tore down an entire block in the North Loop(37), which contained a number of historic structures, ( Methodist Book Concern, McCathy Building, and the offices of Clarence Darrow), and let it sit fallow for 20 years. And for what, a lackluster, mediocre, set of buildings, with a mall. The straw that broke the camel's back, and the added impetus for my moving out, was the destruction of the Midwest Stock Exchange Building, with its beautiful trading floor. Historic preservation in Chicago is a travesty and a joke. The city would be far, far more richer in its architectural heritage, if it spared so many of these unique, and irreplaceable buildings. In many of these situations, the properties remain empty, ( prairies). Or what replaced them is an egregious, eyesore.
Gentrification is never a good thing. It was interesting seeing the changes, but it’s sad knowing that families and communities were kicked out of there homes for people who are not even from Chicago (mostly white people).
All of the new development, housing, businesses and increase in property tax revenue isn’t good for the city? Can people stake claim to a piece of dirt even though they can longer afford to live there?
Who do you think lived in Chicago originally... keep in mind, these neighborhoods changed in the 60's and 70's and a lot of skeezy people of all colors of the rainbow started moving in. Things are just being put back they way they originally were.
@@cities4ppl that tax revenue isn't being reinvested into displaced communities, it isnt extending the L into the east side, it isnt improving bus service, it isnt funding needed social programs and instead giving CPD an over bloated budget to keep harassing people instead. Its removing communities from where they once lived, some even having equity that they were taxed out of, to new neighborhoods trying to start again, then only displacing those residents in a vicious cycle. Development for developments sake does nothing unless we consider the human element to it all. Working class folks are hardly scarping by in the city. We must be intentional in our development, include stipulations for affordable housing, finally lift the ban on rent control at a state level, plan our development 5, 10, 20 years ahead of time, and reinvest in public and non-market housing
Gentrification is the best thing that could happen to Chicago! I'm glad it is getting better.
@@richardwildlife88-wj6kl you’re obviously white lol
Gentrification is a good thing, especially for Chicago and other cities that are losing population.
I think the majority is pro gentrification. I certainly lean that way.
@@cities4ppl I used to live in Downtown San Diego when it was "edgy".
It was affordable and there was a cool artistic vibe to the city.
Now it's all glass condos and it has "Frat house" vibe due to all the trendy drinking establishments.
I couldn't and wouldn't want to live there now.
Completely disagree. Places like Logan Square have actually lost population while gentrifying since two flats get converted to single family mansions, and the city blindly hands out permits to tear down multi unit houses.
My family has had to move around from Lakeview to North Center to Rogers Park and Jeff Park to escape inflated housing costs and they might be forced again soon. Thousands of families get displaced over this stuff, and whatever benefits come with gentrification are rarely seen by the people who lived there from the beginning.
@@cylinderarms7940 should people be able to stake claim to a piece of dirt? If a place becomes more desirable to live, it will get more expensive. How should cities improve if areas cannot be revamped or generate more tax revenue?
The city gained population between 2010 and 2020 census, though like many other cities, lost some population since. Are more single people or couples w/o kids with condos booming still in many parts of the city.
I bet there is no gentrification going on in the black areas on the south and west sides.
There actually is by the Obama Library.
And slowly making its way west.
The extension of the Redline deep within the Southside might alter that. Also the Damen Green Line on the Westside is getting revamped and renovated. This will be the inception to gentrification on the South and West side. If the Kedzie Greenline stop in West Garfield park gets revamped it’s a wrap.
@@alexzais1935 I really doubt that. Who wants to live around ratty people
@@steventally8862 Won’t be such thing if displacement happens
You folks now have a radical, socialist, activist,black mayor. You can now lay your concerns, beefs, and grievances at his door. Good luck.