Editorial cartoonist Jackie Guataquira shares her drawn impressions of McKinley Park based on feedback solicited from the neighborhood and its history dating back to Native Americans.
- View McKinley Park and the neighborhood through the drawings of editorial cartoonist Jackie Guataquira.
- Illustrations are inspired by community feedback and local history dating back to Native Americans.
- Feature is the first editorial cartoon to appear in the McKinley Park News.
Spanish Coalition for Housing Executive Director Joseph Lopez discusses what the coming end of the moratorium on evictions means for both tenant and landlords in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood and beyond:
"There will need to be a balance of affordable housing for renters, more equal opportunities for individuals seeking to become homeowners, as well as for those who independently rent property across the city."
Read more: End of Eviction Moratorium Highlights Housing Disparities
This year, one of the most consequential civic decisions will befall the McKinley Park neighborhood and communities across the country: political redistricting based on the upcoming counts from the 2020 U.S. Census.
One of the many reasons to love the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago is the natural protection afforded against hatred and bigotry by living in a multicultural community. As McKinley Park is a “majority-minority” area, with over 50 percent Latino residents and a burgeoning Asian-American population, overt hatred dares not openly show its face here, much less support for traitor Donald Trump.
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Local historian Mark Kinsella shares the deep history of McKinley Park. Join him on Wednesday, January 15, for the launch of the McKinley Park/Brighton Park Historical Society.
- Local historian Mark Kinsella shares the deep history of our neighborhood's namesake park.
- Learn more and help launch the McKinley Park/Brighton Park Historical Society on Wednesday, January 15.
- McKinley Park remains an anchor for the area through its nearly 120-year history.
Read more: McKinley Park Catalyzed Parks Innovation Across Chicago and Nation
By Mark Kinsella
A small marker lies on the southwest corner of South Archer Avenue and South Leavitt Street, across from the 35th/Archer Orange Line station. Thousands pass this marker on their walk to the El and take little note of it: You have to look up close to see the drawing and words etched there. This is ironic, since this spot commemorates the passage of French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, an event that changed Chicago, United States and world history.
McKinley Park and its neighbor Brighton Park just to the southwest lie along a very historic corridor that led to the birth of Chicago, opened up a passage to international trade and made Chicago the transportation hub of the nation. This marker, the Orange Line and all the businesses on Archer Avenue rest on an ancient Native American trail that dates back thousands of years. It is the road that paralleled the route of the Illinois-Michigan Canal, which brought many Irish immigrants to the area. This main spine of the neighborhood is one of many local features that makes McKinley Park and Brighton Park one of the most historic stretches of geography in all of North America.
