WGN-TV documents Pullman last year

While I didn't see these series of videos produced in 2017 by WGN-TV, they seem to make the same mistake that Maggio News made in their violent neighborhoods series. Both seem to confuse community areas with neighborhoods. Within those 77 community areas often there are a number of distinct neighborhoods within those areas.

Now thankfully Pullman is one of those community areas you need not have to separate out into different neighborhoods. Of course there is a newer part of Pullman built out during the 20th century - not sure if that constitutes it's own distinct neighborhood or not. There is of course the Pullman Nat'l Monument that was built during the late 19th century which was the site of a company town that made luxury railroad coaches.

Also since Pullman goes all the way up to 95th Street you can also include Cottage Grove Heights which is the neighborhood sitting on 95th. Then you have those London Town Homes which is a development east of Cottage Grove and just south of the Bishop Ford/Calumet Expressway.

Above you see the segment about the Pullman neighborhood or more specifically the Pullman Nat'l Monument area. One of the people you see featured here is Ian Lantz who owns the Pullman Cafe feel free to follow him on ig.

For your convenience here is a map of the Pullman community area.

Pullman community area

Get Involved- Go to your Community Meetings!

Recently there has been a lot of talk about what community group is overseeing what area and some people have no clue what community group represents their area. Here is a list of community groups and the areas they post as their service areas. Please, do not let geography stop you from participating.

Englewood Collaberative Council (67th State to 75th Racine)
773-723-5440

Park Manor Neighbors Community Council (69th State to 79th Cottage Grove)
773-783-2850
Meeting : First Monday each month St. Columbanus 71st Calumet 6:30pm

Greater Chatham Alliance (formerly WIM) (79th State to 87th King Drive)
773-483-6398 email: gcahonor@sbcglobal.net
Meeting: Third Saturday each month St. James Lutheran Church 8000 S Michigan 11:00 am

Chatham Avalon Community Council (75th State to 87th Cottage Grove)
866-272-1215 website:http://www.capcc.org/
Meeting: Second Monday each month Northern Trust Bank 7800 S State 6:30pm

Chesterfield Community Council (87th State to 95th Cottage Grove)
773-651-3958 website: http://www.chesterfieldcommunitycouncil.org/
Meeting: Third Tuesday each month Tuley Park Fieldhouse 501 E 90th St. 6:30 pm

West Chesterfield Community Association 91st State- 95th King Drive)
773-264-1578
Meeting: First Monday each month 9351 S Michigan 6:00pm

Roseland Heights Community Association
773-468-5181 e-mail niksmif@hotmail.com
website: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Roseland_Heights/home
Meeting: Fourth Tuesday of each month Wesley United Church 201 E.95th st 7pm

Please verify times and meeting places because they can change.

What's the difference between community areas and neighborhoods?

A question worth discussing as it was on our tour on 75th Street. It's something I wondered myself. It seems as if neighborhoods are a different animal from these community area.

For instance Chatham is said to go up to about 75th Street to the north and 87th to the south. Then from the Dan Ryan to Cottage Grove from west to east. However the Chatham community area ends at 79th Street on the north and ends at railroad tracks on the south end and extends beyond Cottage Grove and the Dan Ryan from east to west.

Since what's considered the Chatham neighborhood effectively straddles two specific community area particularly Chatham and Greater Grand Crossing. When this happens some might point to the division of a community. Of course a good question would have to be what type of division.

According to wikipedia (not that it's the best source, however it's readily available) community areas are used for census data or for the purposes of urban planning. It's entirely possible that if Chatham for instance engaged in some massive urban planning such as what happened in Englewood in the late 1960s or Hyde Park in the late 1950s or early 60s a segment of the neighborhood that isn't officially part of the community area could be left out.

Well it's a theory, but for certain something needs to be clarified between community areas and neighborhoods. One could be treated more officially than the other. And for the neighborhood well since they may not be treated as official it's possible that real estate agents can play with that distinction and give a name for an area that may never have existed. Certainly doing so giving such an area a great marketing appeal.

Any comments on this?