Mies van der Rohe s glass-heavy, IIT buildings. Speakes says she and her husband bought their townhouse in the area when Harold Washington was mayor, and they felt some trepidation about what changes in administrations over the years would mean for the South Side. But like many African American residents of the neighborhood, she gives the current Mayor Daley high marks for spreading resources throughout the city. Harold Washington was mayor when we first decided to do this, but Daley has been doing a good job too, Speakes says. Racially, this area seems to have a mixture now, whereas before it was mostly African American.
People are tired of doing that transportation bit, and Chicago has grown.
With McCormick Place, Soldiers Field, the museums, I think it s one of most beautiful places. If you notice the way development is going in that area, it s booming at 31st and Michigan, and it s moving down past 32nd Street, where its well established, and moving down my direction, Gibson says. The main advantage is equity for whoever buys there. Gibson s project, Arbor Estates, includes 21 townhouses ranging from 2,200 to 3,000 square feet, with three or four bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Both the product type and the price range for Gibson s and other projects in Bronzeville are starting to look like those on the North Side.