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Week of September 14, 2022
P4 FREE | VOL 58 | ISSUE 25
Mahalia Jackson Court is operated by the Greater Chatham Initiative. The 8,500 square foot POP! Plaza includes an area for vendors to provide food and retail, as well as a Playscape. PHOTO PROVIDED BY GREATER CHATHAM INITIATIVE.
Mahalia Jackson Court, located at 1 E. 79th St., opened to the public on Friday, Sept. 2. It is part of the Department of Planning and Development’s Public Outdoor Plaza (POP!) program. PHOTO PROVIDED BY GREATER CHATHAM INITIATIVE.
MAHALIA JACKSON COURT OPENS TO PUBLIC
The Mahalia Jackson Court, located at 1 E. 79th St., is officially open. To celebrate the occasion there was a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 2nd . Mahalia Jackson, a native of New Orleans, called Chicago home from 1927 until 1972. During that time, she won Grammy Awards and sang at the March on Washington. P2
DSW Partners with Rising Athletes C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba for Its Men’s Fall Season P6
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Angie Thomas Makes Her Middle Grade Debut With The First In A Contemporary Fantasy Trilogy P10