( Paper 1 ) Housing Stats
Housing turnover by income Household Income, Child Living Arrangement % population above 50K1735 % population above 100K % Children in two-parent household7969
Housing turnover by race Racial Demographics % of Hispanic persons in total population % of white persons in total population % of African-Americans in total population
Reason for demographic shift Gentrification? Smith says NO; Need the following qualifications: No housing deterioration No rent gap No Suburbanites or “outsiders” Eastside has low land values
(Paper 2) The Housing Bust and Assessment of Alternative East Side Single Family Housing Sales/Transactions Year# Foreclosures Total # TransactionsPercentage of foreclosures % % % % % % % %
Alternatives to Save Eastside Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) ↓ City of Chicago ↓ Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS) ↓ 2 Eastside Stakeholders
(Paper 3) Components of New Urbanism In Lake Calumet and Eastside
Specified Components for the “Greening” of Eastside Walkability -Most things within a 10-minute walk of home and work -Pedestrian friendly street design (buildings close to street; porches, windows & doors; tree-lined streets; on street parking; hidden parking lots; garages in rear lane; narrow, slow speed streets) -Pedestrian streets free of cars in special cases Access to Nature -Eastside is “land-locked”; must drive to access water and natural habitat Connectivity -Would need to raze housing -Add “rails-to trails” and pedways
Stakeholders: Southeast Environmental Taskforce Openlands Project Sierra Club- Illinois Chapter Bird Conservation Network Historic Pullman Foundation Vet's Park Improvement Assn. Lake Michigan Federation Friends of the Parks Pullman Civic Organization Peace Pipe Prairie Project Calumet Ecological Park Assn.
Lake Calumet Vision Document Proposals North turning basin: open water used for non-motorized recreational watercraft. Western peninsula: proposed public recreational area with picnicking and fishing lagoon. Southwestern shore: restored wildlife habitat. Northern slip: proposed wooded camping area. Floating bicycle bridge: to connect western Calumet with eastern Calumet and protect watercraft in north basin (4)