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Oakland, Chicago

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Shirley Newsome, cosponsored the Kenwood-Oakland Parade of Homes, which helped the further development of single-family houses, townhouses, and rehabbed buildings. The housing projects in the area were demolished over an eleven-year span, beginning with the Darrow Homes in 1996. The four of the original six Lake Michigan High-Rises were vacated in late 1985 and sat vacant for 13 years until being imploded by the housing authority in December 1998. The other two buildings were renovated and renamed Lake Parc Place in 1991. Sullivan Station, named after a railway station that existed in the area is a complex that is made up of mid-rise and high-rise buildings in the area; constructed on the former high-rise site.
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gangs' headquarters in 1976. The headquarters, which was named "The Fort" and "Grand El Rukn Temple" was a constant target for police raids, until eventually being taken after a raid by the FBI in 1990. The building was demolished a few years later. By 1979, the city of Chicago had demolished dilapidated buildings, in return leaving vacant lots scattered throughout the area. The Oakland neighborhoods' average income fell below the poverty level as middle-class residents moved from the area, it was one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago by 1990.
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The Oakland neighborhood originally formed out of a settlement named "Cleaverville". In 1851, Charles Cleaver, an industrialist, purchased 22 acres near 38th Street and Lake Michigan. Real-estate developers subdivided the area and renamed it Oakland in 1871. Between 1872 and 1905, Cleaver constructed
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By the 1930s, The area experienced the greatest diversity, with a mixture of African-Americans, Germans, Jews, English, Irish, Canadians, and Japanese. Due to this, racial tensions escalated as the African American population increased due to southern families moving to Chicago. As tensions flared,
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Over a five-year span, Oakland became home to many of the city's elite. City transportation was greatly improved in the area when the Illinois Central Railroad terminal was constructed at 39th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in 1881. After the opening of the terminal, 39th and Cottage Grove Avenue
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town homes, which by 1935 were old and dilapidated. The housing project increased the African–American population in the area and Oakland became a part of the Bronzeville neighborhood. Due to the rapid population growth in the area, The housing authority constructed more public housing. The sites
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During the 1990s, under the leadership of Robert Lucas, the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) rehabilitated several buildings in the community and successfully pressured the city to invest in Oakland. Beginning in 1994, the North Kenwood–Oakland Conservation Community Council, led by
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were rampant and controlled the area by 1968. The notorious Black P. Stone Nation (later renamed El Rukn) had the largest presence in the area. The Oakland Theatre, which operated from 1907 until 1973, located at 3947 South Drexel Avenue, in the heart of Oakland became the Black P. Stone street
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residents. The Abraham Lincoln Center was founded by Jenkin Lloyd Jones. The center served as a meeting place for people of various races, religions, and nationalities in 1905. Located at 700 E. Oakwood Boulevard, the historic landmark designed by Frank Lloyd Wright now serves as the home of
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White residents resorted to violence and restrictive covenants to prevent African-Americans from moving into the area. These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. By 1950, The African-American population was around 77% in Oakland while other ethnic groups moved from the neighborhood.
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a soap factory and company town that included a commissary, church, town hall, and homes for the local factory workers. Camp Douglas, located nearby, attracted residents to the area. The adjoining stockyards and commercial district included popular saloons and attracted new citizens.
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Due to the increase of Irish immigrants in the area, numerous single-family houses and apartments were constructed to accommodate them. Part of the Oakland area was annexed to Chicago in 1863; the rest in 1889. Between 1939 and 1941, the then–newly formed
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Oakland experienced a drastic declining economic base between 1961 and 1965 due to the poverty that fell upon the area. The housing projects in the area became crime-infested and controlled by street gangs. Street gangs such as the
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Oakland's population decreased by two-thirds over a 15–year period, from 1962 to 1977 which resulted in the neighborhood becoming nearly 100% African–American.
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housing project. Bordered by 37th-39th Streets and Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive (then South Park Avenue), It was the site of
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became known as the “Five Crossings.” By the end of the century, the elite residents moved out and were replaced by working-class
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One of the six original Lakefront Properties. Named Victor Olander Homes in 1961, it was later renamed Lake Parc Place in 1991.
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is at 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive. With an area of only 0.6 sq mi Oakland is the smallest community area by area in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune - El Rukn Arsenal Raided Antitank Rocket, Grenades Seized From Gang - August 6, 1986
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Chicago Tribune - COMMUNITY PROFILE: CHICAGO Oakland: A neighborhood in waiting - November 25, 2011
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The Gang Way: Sociologist Suhir Venkatesh spent four years in the Robert Taylor Homes learning...
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The Newberry - Chicago and the Great Migration, 1915–1950 - Hana Layson with Kenneth Warren
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Chicago Reader - A Block in Oakland Is An Oasis , And A Tale of Segregation - June 1, 2014
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On March 25, 1992, the Chicago City Council declared a portion of Oakland to be a
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Three of the four Lake Michigan High-Rises hours prior to demolition, c. 1998.
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The Abraham Lincoln Center - 700 E. Oakwood Boulevard - Chicago built 1905
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in the past two presidential elections by overwhelming margins. In the
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between 1916 and 1920, Many African-Americans settled in Oakland.
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Back on the grid - Listening to the community at Sullivan Station
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Aldine Square pictured shortly before its demolition, in 1935.
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City of Chicago Neighborhood Guide to Oakland and Kenwood
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Controlled Demolition, Inc. – Lakefront Homes (Chicago)
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NBC Chicago - Chicago's Most Depopulated Neighborhoods
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Harsh Apartments, a senior housing complex in Oakland.
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Other districts and areas recognized by the community
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Index

Community area
Location within the city of Chicago
41°49.2′N 87°36.0′W / 41.8200°N 87.6000°W / 41.8200; -87.6000
Cook
Neighborhoods
Oakland
Ida B. Wells / Darrow Homes
Bronzeville
Demographics
White
Time zone
UTC−6
CST
DST
UTC−5
CDT
ZIP Codes
Median household income
South Side
Chicago, Illinois
USA
community areas
Boston's Trinity Church
Oakwood/41st Street Beach
Burnham Park

Irish
Northeastern Illinois University
The Great Migration

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