Six political subunits ("Wards") comprise that part of the City of Chicago that is included under the umbrella term, "Southeast Chicago." These Wards are officially designated by number. Therefore, the six Southeast Chicago Wards are: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th.
Of these 6 political units the 10th Ward is the largest, physically, and it also has the largest amount of open space left in the City of Chicago. The 10th Ward may be further subdivided into historically identifiable communities -- neighborhoods. These are "East Side," "Hegewisch," "Irondale/South Deering," and "South Chicago." The 10th Ward's southeastern perimeter also borders on the State of Indiana.
Much, but not all, of the information contained in this section is specific to the 10th Ward, in no small part because of its size and available open spaces.
The "Resources" included in this section are grouped into these categories: Community Arts & Artists, Authors, Community Gardens, Green Buildings, Green Industry, and Green Open Spaces.
Of these 6 political units the 10th Ward is the largest, physically, and it also has the largest amount of open space left in the City of Chicago. The 10th Ward may be further subdivided into historically identifiable communities -- neighborhoods. These are "East Side," "Hegewisch," "Irondale/South Deering," and "South Chicago." The 10th Ward's southeastern perimeter also borders on the State of Indiana.
Much, but not all, of the information contained in this section is specific to the 10th Ward, in no small part because of its size and available open spaces.
The "Resources" included in this section are grouped into these categories: Community Arts & Artists, Authors, Community Gardens, Green Buildings, Green Industry, and Green Open Spaces.
Cultural Resources:
Community Arts and Artists (Culinary, Gardening, Performing, and Visual Arts):
- Bratton, Gregory: http://www.manta.com/c/mtq2sc6/intergenerational-growing-projects; https://www.facebook.com/gregory.bratton1
- Brechner, Larry A: www.brech.com/np -- https://www.facebook.com/NewPerspectivesPhoto
- Carter, Donnie Ray:
- Chicago Street Theatre, Valparaiso: http://www.chicagostreet.org
- DeLion, Roman: https://www.facebook.com/Lionarts2014
- Footlight Players, Michigan City: http://www.footlightplayers.org
- Gibson, Gerri:
- Godina, Luz Elivier: http://luzelivier.com/home.html
- Hunter, Julia: http://worktogether4peace.org
- Kensey, Laurence: https://twitter.com/laurencekensey
- Klekowski, James: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459193/
- Marian Theatre Guild, Whiting: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marian-Theatre-Guild/168517193176197
- Meyer, Sherry: http://insiteschicago.com/
- Mills, Flo:
- Mills, Myron: http://www.myronmillsproject.com/#!musical-profile
- New Communities Program's Discover South Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai9jJfDxEYw
- Nichols, Betty: https://twitter.com/NicholsBetty
- Pringle, James -- Harlem Theatre Company of Chicago: http://tinyurl.com/kaj3ug
- Samuel, Dr. Jackie: jacquelines0525@gmail.com
- 63rd Street Beach Drummers: http://www.yahnahtonproductions.net/63rd-street-drummers.html
- SkyArt (formerly South Chicago Art Center) -- 3026 E. 91st Street: http://www.skyart.org/home/:
- South Chicago Coalition of Artists Directory: http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/sites/chicagoartistsresource.org/files/2012_southeast_chicago_coaliton_of_artist_directory.pdf
- Southeast Chicago Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120664941289363/988315484524300/
- Tittle, LaDonna: http://cookingwithtittle.com
- Under the Bridge Artists Studio -- 10052 S. Ewing Avenue
- Villarreal, Maria:
- Villarreal, Roman:
- Werling, Fr. Wolf: SOUTH CHICAGO AND THE BUSH: A BIG SMALL WORLD OF NEIGHBORHOOD WAYS -- https://theoneplus.org/project/2105
- Woods, Brenda Starr: http://www.starrprograms.com
Community Authors (Current or former residents of Southeast Chicago):
- Amster, Caryn Lazar: http://www.chicagospiedpiper.com
- Arias-Jirasek, Rita (with Carlos Tortolero), Mexican Chicago: http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Chicago-IL-Images-America/dp/0738507563
- Boos, Michael: http://www.wolflakeinitiative.org:
- Enright, Fr. Michael P.: http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Barrio-Priest-Michael-Enright/dp/1570755264
- Fisher, W.M.: Where's My Tomorrow?: http://bookstore.trafford.com/Products/SKU-000469344/Wheres-My-Tomorrow.aspx
- Fitzgerald, Kathy, Your Move!: Because you are different now. (Volume 1): http://www.amazon.com/Your-Move-Because-different-now/dp/1480223743
- Izzi, Eugene, author of 15 crime novels under his own name, 3 novels as "Nick Gaitano"
- Klekowski, James J., South Chicago U.S.A.: A Photographic Essay, Vol. 1: http://tinyurl.com/kt62hsx
- Kraff, Georgia Nejak, Fireflies in a Jar – a Milltown Reverie: http://www.georgiakraff.com
- Lumpkin, Bea, Always Bring a Crowd: http://tinyurl.com/q5mbcus
- Marco, Pascal, Identity Lost: http://tinyurl.com/lkss7ge
- Mulac, Carolyn, Fundamentals of Reference (ALA Fundamentals): http://tinyurl.com/q5l7ub2
- Murphy, Kevin P., Degrees of Murder: http://booklocker.com/books/292.html; Out of Order: http://booklocker.com/books/4181.html; Something Bright and Alien: http://booklocker.com/books/85.html; Unfriendly Fire: http://booklocker.com/books/2989.html
- O'Brien, John, Chicago Heist (with Edward Baumann), Teresita the Voice from the Grave: The Incredible but True Story of How an Occult Vision Solved the Murder of Teresita Basa (with Edward Baumann): http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Heist-John-OBrien/dp/089708053X
- Pacyga, Dominic, Chicago's Southeast Side (with Rod Sellers), Chicago: A Biography, Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago, Chicago: City of Neighborhoods with Ellen Skerrett, Chicago: A Historical Guide to the Neighborhoods. with Glen Holt: http://www.amazon.com/Dominic-A.-Pacyga/e/B001H6ISX2
- Rosen, Louis, The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood: http://louisrosen.com/biolist_of_works/
- Sellers, Rod, Chicago's Southeast Side (with Dominic Pacyga), Southeast Chicago Revisited: http://tinyurl.com/pxg3jw7
- Stanley, Robert, Once Upon a Time in South Chicago: https://www.facebook.com/events/1397106817225048/
- Walley, Christine, Exit Zero: http://www.exitzeroproject.org
- Ziltz, R. P., A Short Walk To Rainbow Beach ( Southeast Chicago Remembered): No active link found.
Community Gardens:
- Artists Garden -- 8951 S. Brandon
- Bowen High School Campus GreenCorps Gardens -- 2710 E. 89th Street
- Buffalo Seniors Garden -- 8250 S. Buffalo
- Bush Community Garden of Hope -- 8457-59 S. Buffalo
- Hoxie Prairie Garden -- 10549 S. Hoxie
- Laquan McDonald & Trayvon Martin Community Gardens -- 8454-56 Escanaba Ave., Chicago, IL
- 88th & Exchange Block Garden Club -- 8805 S. Exchange
- Victory Garden -- 8911 S. Exchange
Environmental Organizations:
- Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative (AWLI): http://www.wolflakeinitiative.org
- Alliance for the Great Lakes: http://www.greatlakes.org
- Calumet Ecological Park Association (CEPA): http://www.calumetstewardship.org/node/91
- Calumet Environmental Resource Center (CERC): http://www.csu.edu/cerc/
- Calumet Heritage Partnership (CHP): http://www.calumetheritage.org
- Calumet is My Back Yard (CIMBY): http://www.fieldmuseum.org/at-the-field/programs/calumet-my-back-yard-cimby
- Calumet Stewardship Initiative: http://calumetstewardship.org
- Chicago Conservation Corps (C3): http://chicagoconservationcorps.org
- Chicago Park District: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: http://fpdcc.com
- Friends of the Parks: https://fotp.org
- Friends of the Forest Preserves: http://www.fotfp.org
- Openlands Organization: http://www.openlands.org
- Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF): http://setaskforce.org
- The Sunflower Project: http://sunflowerproject.us
Green Buildings:
- Asphalt Operating Services Facility (state-of-the-art facility) -- 2835 E. 106th Street (on former Wisconsin Steel site)
- Vodak East Side Branch of Chicago Public Library -- 3710 E. 106th Street
- Claretian Associates' affordable green housing--more than 65 homes throughout South Chicago
- Claretian Associates' Burley Apartments -- 9100 S. Burley
- 4th District Police Station (solar-thermal roof panels) -- 2255 E. 103rd Street
- Lakeside Development Marketing Center (LEED Silver) -- 8555 S. Green Bay Avenue
- Proposed LEED Development of USX/Lakeside site
- Pathway Victory Center Senior Residence (LEED Silver) -- 9233 S. Burley
- Rainbow Apparel (LEED Certified) -- 9046 S. Commercial
- 7th & 10th Ward Streets and Sanitation Department Building (originally LEED Gold candidate, until wind turbines were damaged) -- 9160 S. Harbor
- Solar Verde Estates Zero-Energy Homes (two models) -- 96th and Marquette
- Trininty Advocate Hospital (roof garden) -- 2320 E. 93rd Street
- Villa Guadalupe Senior Residence solar panels retrofit -- 3201 East 91st Street
- Proposed Ford Environmental Education Center (Studio Gang Group-designed "Best Nest" winning design was to be LEED Platinum, but project is still pending after 10 years)
Green Industry:
- A Scrap Metal Company (Recycling) -- 9301 S. Baltimore
- Asphalt Operating Services Facility -- 2835 E. 106th Street
- Finkl Steel -- 1355 E. 93rd Street
- SIMS Metal Management (world's largest metals and electronics recycler) -- 9331 S Ewing Ave.
Green Open Spaces:
- Avalon Park -- 1215 E 83rd St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Avalon-Park/
- Bessemer Park -- 8930 S. Muskegon: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Bessemer-Park/
- Big Marsh Park -- 116th Street and Stony Island Avenue:
- Bradley Park -- 9729 S Yates Ave.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Bradley-Park/
- Brown Memorial park -- 634 E. 86th St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Brown-Memorial-Park/
- Burnham Greenway -- entrance at 104th and Indianapolis Blvd.: http://www.traillink.com/trail/burnham-greenway.aspx
- Burnside Park -- 9400 S Greenwood Ave.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/burnside-park/
- Calumet Park --9801 S. Avenue G: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Calumet-Park/
- Clara Dorothy Schaefer Park: "I Grow Chicago" Urban Agriculture Project -- 89th to 90th Streets and Mackinaw Avenue: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/schafer-park/
- Dead Stick Pond -- 122nd and Stony Island:
- Dougherty Playground Park -- 9336 S. Kingston Avenue: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Dougherty-Playground-Park/
- Eckersall Park -- 2400 E. 82nd St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Eckersall-Playground-Park/
- Eggers Grove (Forest Preserve District of Cook County Park) -- entrance at 112th and Avenue E: http://fpdcc.com/eggers-grove/
- Gately Park -- 744 E. 103rd St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Gately-Park/
- Heron Pond & Deadstick Pond -- East 122nd Street, between Stony Island and Torrence Avenues: https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Sustainable_Development/Publications/Chicago_Nature_and_Wildlife_Plan/Deadstick_Pond_and_Heron_Pond.pdf
- Indian Ridge Marsh -- 122nd and Torrrence: https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Sustainable_Development/Publications/Chicago_Nature_and_Wildlife_Plan/Indian_Ridge_Marsh.pdf
- John beans Beniac Park -- 3925 E. 104th St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/john-beans-beniac/
- Krause Playlot Park -- 10556 S. Avenue L: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Krause-Playlot-Park/
- Luella Playlot Park -- 10021 S. Luella Ave.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Luella-Playlot-Park/
- Mann Park -- 3035 E. 130th Street: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Mann-Park/
- Marian Burns Nature Area -- entrance at approximately 2250 E. 103rd Street (Van Vlissingen Prairie)
- Merrill Playground Park -- 2154 E 97th St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Merrill-Playground-Park/
- Nat King Cole Park -- 361 E. 85th Street: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Nat-King-Cole-Park/
- Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parking Lot Bioswale -- 2398 E. 99th Street
- Owens Park -- 8800 S. Clyde Avenue: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Owens-Park/
- Park No. 566 Rainbow Beach Dune -- E. 79th Street and Lake Michigan: https://rainbowbeachdunes.wordpress.com/tag/park-566/
- Pietrowski Parks-- 9650 S. Avenue M: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Pietrowski-Park/
- Pine Playlot Park -- 9501 S. Oglesby: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Pine-Playlot-Park/
- Powderhorn Lake and Prairie -- 13817 - 14451 S. Brainard Ave.:
- Rainbow Beach Park -- 2873 E. 75th St.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/rainbow-beach-park/
- Rowan Park -- 11546 S. Avenue L: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Rowan-Park/
- South Chicago People's Park -- 9100 S. Buffalo Ave.: http://neighbor-space.org/2011/05/20/south-chicago-peoples-park/
- Steelworkers Memorial Park -- 87th Street and Lake MIchigan: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/steelworkers-park-/
- Trumbull Park -- 2400 E. 105th Street: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Trumbull-Park/
- Tuley Park -- 501 E 90th Pl.: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Tuley-Park/
- Veterans Memorial Park -- 2820 E. 98th Street: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Veterans-Memorial-Park/
- William W. Powers Conservation Area and Visitors Center at Wolf Lake -- 129th Street and Avenue O: http://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/landmgt/parks/R2/Wmpow.htm
- Wolfe Playground Park -- 3225 E. 108th Street: http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Wolfe-Playground-Park/