Where do the artists live?

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

You seem to believe that the Pilsen art scene is something new. It isn't. It dates back to the early-mid 70's. Its a really OLD story,and you can ask Marcos Raya, or one of the other founding fathers, if you don't believe me.

Well, now there are certainly a lot more young, white kids there than in years past. That's the change everyone's talking about in regard to Pilsen. But even my oldest friend from Pilsen didn't move there until he was nine years old in 1982 (from Mexico City). He's a photographer, and he seems to think the burgeoning art scene is pretty new--especially in terms of galleries with street frontage. But it's not surprising that a neighborhood with a rich cultural identity like Pilsen would have had artists for decades. I don't think anyone was calling Pilsen an "artsy" neighborhood until much more recently, however.

[scarletneon]

Originally Posted by NearWestSider

And yeah, what ARE you doing in Edgewater?

I'll bet you are actually a 70 year old Russian Jew living on welfare in a CHA high rise!! You are SO busted!! C'mon now, tell the truth...

Yep, that's me, old lady!

No, really, it's because a. i don't like living with anyone else and Edgewater has plenty of housing for loners like me and b. i'm lazy and don't want to walk more than two blocks to anything.