Stories from the Redline: Fire Fire Gentrifier
Through photos, oral history, music, and dance, the NPHM and Blu Rhythm Collective are proud to present Stories from the Redline: Fire Fire Gentrifier, a self-guided tour of a people's history of Lincoln Park.
What can we learn from the past? How can we build a better collective future for all of us?
This tour excavates the hidden and repressed history of urban renewal, and explores the struggles of the Young Lords to organize, raise political awareness, and resist gentrification.
More than just a tour, this experience includes a music video featuring Pinqy Ring, photos by Carlos Flores, and stories and history by activist scholars Jose Cha Cha Jimenez, Billy Che Brooks, and Professor Jacqueline Lazu.
Cabito Selling Piraguas, photo by Carlos Flores
Listen and look more intentionally at the existing urban landscape, reflect on how it’s changed, and witness the exuberance of young people, who with collective joy, are organizing and reclaiming Chicago neighborhood history today.
The tour is available through PocketSights Tour Guide, a free mobile phone app and website.
Or, access the tour via the PocketSights Tour Guide App from anywhere:
Once you’ve downloaded the app, find the tour by clicking the magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner to search by location.
Type in “Lincoln Park, Chicago” and scroll down until you see “Stories from the Redline: Fire Fire Gentrifier.”
Please note: If you’re in the Lincoln Park area and your phone’s location settings are turned on, simply scroll down until you see the tour name.
The .75-mile tour takes approximately 30 minutes to walk and is wheelchair accessible. The tour begins at the intersection of Fullerton Ave. and Halsted St. and ends at Lincoln Park High School, at Armitage Ave. and Orchard St.
There are ramped sidewalks on both sides of all streets included in this walking tour.
Major streets have pay-to-park spots.
The tour is red line accessible via Fullerton, brown/purple lines accessible via Armitage, as well as the Fullerton (74) and Armitage (73) buses. The Fullerton red line stop has an elevator.
Transcripts of all audio are available PocketSights Tour Guide app.
This tour is made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.