Uptown

One year before, the restoration of Buena Park had started and the City of Chicago officially recognized the neighborhood as a single community separate from Uptown. Nowadays, the Uptown community, in which Buena Park is located in, ranks well in terms of violent crimes and above average in safety, specific sixty-nine out of the 77 communities Chicago has. Nevertheless, the crime rate in Buena Parks is above the national average and the most frequent crime is murder risk. Since, May 16, 2011, James Cappleman has been the Alderman of the 46th Ward, which includes parts of Uptown, Lake View and Buena Park. James Cappleman, born in 1952 and a native of Houston, Texas, ran for the alderman position in 2007 and was defeated by Helen Shiller. Nevertheless, in 2011 he was victorious and won the position, and four years later Cappleman was re-elected for the position. James Cappleman is openly gay and is one of five openly gay Chicago…

Before the song Uptown Funk would become a cultural phenomenon and win the 58th Annual Grammy for the Best Record of the 2016. The infectious single would change the career of English music producer and DJ Mark Ronson. But, not before proving to be one of Ronson’s most difficult projects. The creation of Uptown Funk would push Ronson to his limits, but ultimately paid off. Ronson is known throughout the music industry for crafting pop hits infused with snapping retro-soul. Ronson’s most…

Outkast is a duo formed in the early 90s by Andre 3000 and his high school rival and career friend Big Boy. The young artist began calling themselves “Two Shades Deep” as amateurs and later changed their names to Outkast. The group gained popularity with his singles like “Hey yeah” being released and jumping to the top slots on radio charts everywhere. Being considered underground and not yet mainstream making a number one song was definitely not something these two performers ever expected…

La Grange Fire Departments own Firefighter/Paramedic James Baum was the keynote speaker. James Baum, is a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II (2003-2004) and in South Korea as a member of the 8th Army United Nations Command Honor Guard (2005-2006). After completing his service he then studied to become a firefighter Paramedic. James served previously with Sugar Grove and Wheaton Fire Departments before joining the La Grange Fire Department in 2010.…

Uptown Sinclair’s novel The Jungle (02/26/1906), emphasizes that capitalism destroys the American values and views. Sinclair argues this claim, following the life of a Lithuanian immigrant family and the struggles they encounter in a foreign capitalist land. The authors’ purpose is to persuade individuals to conform from Capitalism to Socialism in order to obtain equality for the entire nation. At the time of publication, Sinclair’s intended audience are those who have firsthand experience with…

James Baldwin's "Fifth Avenue, Uptown" (rpt. In Santi V. Buscemi and Charlotte Smith, 75 Readings Plus 10th ed. [New York: McGraw Hill, 2013] 50-52) provides readers with a graphic perspective of a city that existed in the 1940s; the time period prior to the Harlem we now know. The diction Baldwin uses to describe the various aspects of his childhood Harlem leads the reader to infer that in these times there is immense poverty and disunion in society. In other famous pieces of literature, the…

“Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” an essay written by James Baldwin and published in Esquire magazine in 1960, explains what life is like as a black person living in Harlem. His main idea is the struggles that many blacks face as a result of decades of oppression. Baldwin begins his essay by relating what his neighborhood used to look like compared to what it looks like today. One side of the street has been built up since the authors’ childhood, and the other side looks the same. Baldwin explains that he…

Uptown," James Baldwin argues thats living in the housing projects can have damaging effects on minorities. Specifically, Baldwin believes these “ghettos” have caused lasting psychological damages, and need to be destroyed. As the author puts it, “A ghetto can be improved in one way only: out of existence.”(Baldwin 13) . Harlem’s projects in the 1960s as Baldwin is describing was exactly that. It was his description, not everyone else’s. Since the 1960s you could say every project or ghetto has…

Since my last journal, I have been busy reading more of Meg Cabot’s All American Girl. In All American Girl, Sam has been forced into going to drawing lessons. Her first lesson at the studio did not go so well. Sam was humiliated and by the time her next lesson came around she was not going to lose her pride again. Instead of going to her drawing lesson, Sam chose to go to a music store, Static. In the store she sat next to a middle-aged man in an army uniform, listening to Billy Joel’s Uptown…

Palatine, Rand, and Arlington Heights roads are all part of the Uptown Shopping District. This area is a collection of every type of retail store you can imagine. You can find pretty much anything you can think of in this part of town. As you can tell there is plenty of quality shopping surrounding the area which makes living in Arlington Heights a dream. If you are currently searching for great apartments for rent in Arlington Heights that has easy access to all of these exciting areas then…