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Beverly
Originally dubbed “Beverly Hills” in reference to a massive prehistoric ridge that spans it, the neighborhood has always been home to more upwardly mobile middle class families than California-style celebrities. Today, while the outskirts of the neighborhood are home to commercial development, a continuous stream of traffic, and sun-baked sidewalks, the heart of Beverly... »
Sandwiches of the South Side: In search of three local culinary creations
Inspired by a recent article in Dining Chicago on the city’s lesser-known signature sandwiches, I set out last week to find and consume three that are native to the South Side: the big baby, the Freddy and the mother-in-law. My expedition very quickly deteriorated into a desperate search, however. I met with caged, closed... »
Best of the South Side 2009: Beverly
To those of us who only take public transportation northwards, 95th and Dan Ryan can seem pretty far from home. However, to the intrepid traveler, it’s just a 15-minute ride on the 95 bus west from the Red Line station, or a 20-minute Metra ride from downton’s LaSalle Street Station, to one of Chicago’s... »
Warsaw Nights: Polish cinema screens at the Beverly Arts Center
The romantic comedy and the grandiose epic are genres familiar to most Americans, so much so that we may think of them as indigenous to Hollywood. But however practiced we may be in the fine art of the chick flick, we can hardly claim a monopoly on it, as the schedule for this year’s... »
Best of the South Side 2008: Beverly
Often overlooked due to its distance from the nearest CTA stop and its location straddling 100th Street, hanging over into the triple digits, Beverly is a quiet and at times suburban neighborhood on the southwestern edge of the city. It was annexed to the city along with most of the South Side in 1889,... »
Best of the South Side: Beverly
Beverly is a community that boasts a solid, middle-class society, Irish pride, and a haunted castle that has been in the area since 1886. The neighborhood is often referred to as Beverly Hills not for an eponymous area in California but for the glacial ridge that is a prominent feature and also the highest... »
