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Bridgeport diversified
Bridgeport isn't the working-class enclave of Irish city employees and mobbed-up "businessmen" it used to be. Sure, there are still patronage workers and maybe a few guys with Outfit connections in Mayor Daley's old neighborhood. But now a study at DePaul University found those guys are living amid a lot more Asians, Hispanics and wealthy people than they used to.
Bridgeport isn't the working-class enclave of Irish city employees and mobbed-up "businessmen" it used to be. Sure, there are still patronage workers and maybe a few guys with Outfit connections in Mayor Daley's old neighborhood. But now a study at DePaul University found those guys are living amid a lot more Asians, Hispanics and wealthy people than they used to.
Logan Square draws notice for fuel efficiency
Logan Square dog-walker Ryan Duggan rides his bike to work every day. And guys like him are why his neighborhood is one of the most "fuel-efficient" 'hoods in the country, according to Forbes.com.
Could Jimbo's become a John Barleycorn?
Mark Konkol: You gotta be friggin' kidding me? That's the censored version of what White Sox fans said when I told them the real reason clout-heavy landlords didn't renew the lease for Jimbo's Lounge -- the closest tavern to Sox Park in Bridgeport. Get this: Building owners Ray and Donna DeGrazia had plans to put a Cubs bar there.
Mark Konkol: You gotta be friggin' kidding me? That's the censored version of what White Sox fans said when I told them the real reason clout-heavy landlords didn't renew the lease for Jimbo's Lounge -- the closest tavern to Sox Park in Bridgeport. Get this: Building owners Ray and Donna DeGrazia had plans to put a Cubs bar there.
