PILSEN
THE RESURRECTION PROJECT
COMMUNITY SHOWCASE TOURS
Social activism has shaped Pilsen since its inception as an
industrial district along the Chicago River in the 1850s.
Immigrants in the densely populated community found support through settlement houses, churches and labor unions.
Since the 1950s, Pilsen has been a Mexican-American
neighborhood where generations have worked to create a
healthy neighborhood that is proud of its Mexican roots.
The Burnham Plan Centennial’s Community Showcase
Tours introduce new audiences to the unique stories
and bold plans of Chicago’s neighborhoods. Told through
the voices of community leaders and residents, the tours
cover these six neighborhoods:
The Resurrection Project (TRP) is one of many organizations working to improve local quality of life. In 1990,
six parishes contributed $5,000 each to start TRP; that seed
money has leveraged $169 million of reinvestment.
TRP ’s ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:
Developed more than 350 units of affordable housing.
ALBANY PARK Chicago’s Gateway to the World:
AUBURN GRESHAM Rebuilding a Classic Chicago
Community: Using our people and assets to make a great
place great again! HOSTED BY: Greater Auburn-Gresham
Development Corporation www.gagdc.org
PILSEN Discover Pilsen:Healthy, vibrant and organized!
The Resurrection Project www.resurrectionproject.org
HOSTED BY:
Trained hundreds of community leaders to work for
social change.
and Beyond: Come experience the second urban renaissance
in the capital of Black America. HOSTED BY: Quad Communities
Development Corporation www.qcdc.org and Bronzeville
Visitor Information Center www.bronzevilleonline.com
Developing holistic health programs, including a school
health center at Orozco Academy.
Creating affordable housing so that residents can stay in the
neighborhood.
Preserving Pilsen’s culture as a center of Mexican life.
Healthy, vibrant and organized!
A legacy of culture, nature and movement on Chicago’s
Northwest side. HOSTED BY: North River Commission
www.northrivercommission.org
Convened the Pilsen Planning Committee and published
the Pilsen quality-of-life plan.
TRP ’s BOLD PLANS INCLUDE:
DISCOVER
PILSEN
QUAD COMMUNITIES From Civil War to Civil Rights
SOUTH CHICAGO From Pollution to Solution: ‘LEED-
ing’ the way in the Midwest! HOSTED BY: Claretian Associates
www.claretinassociates.org
WEST RIDGE Gateway to India in Chicago: Explore
dynamic diversity and global connections on Devon Avenue. HOSTE D
BY: Indo-American Heritage Museum www.iahmuseum.org
and Chicago Cultural Alliance www.chicagoculturalalliance.org
THE RESURRECTION PROJECT
Building Relationships! Creating Healthy Communities!
THE RESURRECTION PROJECT
1818 S. Paulina Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60608
312.666.1323
www.resurrectionproject.org
The Community Showcase is funded with generous
contributions from The Boeing Company and LISC/Chicago.
COMMUNIT Y SHOWCASE
Congress
Tilden
Congress
Clinton
Van Buren
HIGHLIGHTS
Van Buren
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PILSEN
Racin
Eisenhower Expwy
CTA Blue Line to Forest TOUR
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Carpenter
Aberdeen
Lytle
Morgan
Miller
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Clinton
Canal
Desplaines
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Newberry
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Bishop
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Church
23rd Pl
19th
Cermak
22nd Pl
23rd
7
18th
Alivio
Medical 4
Center
and Casa
Morelos
20th Pl
21st
21st
Benito
Juarez
HS
23rd
24th Pl
19th Pl
17th Pl
16th
Normal
Cermak
Cullerton
17th
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Cermak
19th
18th Pl
3 Battle of
the Viaduct
Ruble
21st Pl
18th Pl
Halsted
21st Pl
Damen
Hoyne
21st
Bell
21st
National Museum
of Mexican Art
5
Plaza
Tenochtitlan
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Washtenaw
Leavitt
CTA Pink Line to Cermak/54
Bell
Fairfield
Oakley
Western
California
Cullerton
1 El Zócalo
Paulina
10
Harrison Park
17th
18th Street
6
14th Pl
Village
College
15th Pl
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Ma
California
17th
18th
22nd Pl
Map by Chicago CartoGraphics
Wood
Wolcott
Western
18th
18th Pl
South Water Market
2
Galería del Barrio Murals
16th
18th
19th
14th Pl
Damen
Western
16th
University 14th
14th
15th
Maxwell
Maxwell
Liberty
14th
Addams
Park
14th Pl
14th Pl
15th Pl
Rochford
Maxwell
Throop
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advocacy and now gaining a $25 million addition. Cermak
Hastings
east of Ashland
Hastings
15th
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10. Harrison Park, flanked by Orozco Academy and
7. Benito Juarez High School, built as a result of community
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built by church members in 1897-99; the parish
started a credit union to help members buy
Taylor
homes. 22nd Place at Hoyne
its mosaics on the north and the National Museum
of Mexican Art on the south. 1824 S. Wood
Throop
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Ca
Washburne
13th Pl
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Cabrini
9. St. Paul Church, magnificent Gothic cathedral
Public Library, Radio Arte and monument dedicated
by
Roosevelt
Mexico
City
mayor.
18th,
Blue
Island
and
Loomis
Washburne
Washburne
workers. Halsted and 16th Street
13th
Laflin
Grenshaw
6. Plaza Tenochtitlan, central plaza includes Rudy Lozano
Roosevelt
12th Pl
at Chicago
training and placement,
English language classes,
Lexington
alternative high school. 2570 S. Blue Island
Polk
Throop
Hermitage
Seeley
Fi
Grenshaw Grenshaw
3. Battle of the Viaduct, site of 1876 labor protest by industrial
Hoyne
Hamilton
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Washtenaw
Fairfield
Mozart
2. Galería del Barrio Murals, started in 1976 during Chicano
University
of Illinois
spine
of Pilsen;
at Chicago
Vernon Park
Vernon Park
Arthington
nearby sites include Casa
Aztlan, St. Procopius, Thalia Hall and small businesses.
Taylor
18th Street from Halsted to Damen
Fillmore
Taylor
Fillmore
Ashland
5. 18th Street,
Marshfield
le
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Bo
w
Bell
for special events; future site of La Casa student dormitory.
1818 S. Paulina
movement. Rail viaduct on 16th St. between Loomis and Racine
8. Instituto del Progreso
Latino, provides job
of Illinois
community-built facilities that will also include Casa
Lexington
Maravilla senior housing.
MorganPolk
and Sangamon north of
Polk
Cabrini
21st Street
1. El Zócalo, a “town square” where the community gathers
Polk
Arthington
University
Flournoy
4. Alivio Medical Center and Casa Morelos, “campus”
of
Paulina
Claremont
Flournoy
Flournoy
DISCOVER
PILSEN:
Campbell Park
HEALTHY,
VIBR
ANT
AND
ORGANIZED!
Lexington
Lexington
May
Winchester
Campbell
California
Maplewood
Harrison
Flournoy
Stearns
Quarry
Park
27th
28th
28th Pl