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A view of Paul Revere Elementary School looking North from 72nd St. in the Pocket Town neighborhood. For many long time South Side residents the future is uncertain.

A man shows how he saw Jesus Christ three times on his two-year journey from British Guyana to the United States. He is the night watchman at the recycling plant near the Pocket and grows a one-acre plot of Heirloom tomatoes which he waters every…

Demilo Shern stares into his brother’s grave after the funeral. Six months later Demilo also died of unknown causes.

Mariah Driver plays Hide and Seek with her sisters outside her house on S. Chicago St. in Chicago's Pocket Town neighborhood. The family has since moved to the Englewood neighborhoodand the house, which was in decrepit condition, has been demolished…

For a history competition sponsored by the Hyde Park Historical Society, students from the photo and journalism clubs did a project on the Oakwoods Cemetery which borders the Pocket on the North side of 71st St. The cemetary only started allowing…

Demilo Shern is comforted by his aunt shortly after learning that his little brother “Bow Wow” was gunned down at the corner of 69th place and Kimbark in early March. “Bow Wow” was only 18 and said the happiest and most peaceful day of his…

A man poses wearing his mask from the Friday the 13th movies. He stand in front of Jimbo's Bar which was a local legendary establishment in the Bridgeport neighborhood. Bridgeport, home to Mayor Richard J. Daley was known as one of the most brutally…

The Comer Foundation pays for adult residents of the PocketTown neighborhood to attend the PACT (Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program). PACT is a city program which teachers residents basic building and rehabbing skills necessary to obtain an union…

Vacant lot at the corner of 71st and Ingleside.

View looking Northwest from 73rd St. in the South Shore neighborhood. The South Shore neighborhood was one of the wealthier and more prosperous neighborhoods that at one time had a thriving Jewish population. By the early 1980's it was almost…