Bridgeport
Longtime Neighborhood base of The Daleys, Bridgeport is bustling with shops, chic restaurants, and housing developments throughout. A stable, blue-collar and increasingly young professional community bordering South Loop and Bronzeville, Bridgeport has stable housing values, convenience to downtown, and the South Side’s Team, The Chicago White Sox!
Hot Housing Developments
New Condo Developments
- 3500 S. Sangamon
- 3450 S. Halsted
- 3505 S. Morgan St.
Food, Fun & Fitness
- Buffalo Wings & Rings
3434 S. Halsted
(773) 579-9464 - Rocky’s Bar & Grill
234 W. 31st Street
(312) 842-9200 - Bridgeport Coffee House
3101 S. Morgan St.
(773) 247.9950 - Zhou B. Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
(773) 523-0200 - Bridgeport Curves
3252 S. Wallace
(312) 881-0141 - LA Fitness – South Loop
1101 S. Canal St.
(312) 379-8631 - XSport Fitness
819 S. State St.
(312) 294-0500
Community Organizations/Institutions
- Chicago White Sox
GO SOX!
333 W. 35th Street
(312) 674-1000 - Bridgeport News
3252 S. Halsted
(312) 842-5883
Relevant Blog Posts
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When Money Isn’t Enough: Racism in Bridgeport Home Sale
Chicago has historically been at the forefront of legal challenges to legalized racial segregation in housing. Famous cases like Hansberry v. Lee (in the Woodlawn community) helped to destroy the notorious practice of racially restrictive covenants in deeds which prohibited homeowners from selling to African Americans. Apparently, Mayor Daley’s famous family neighborhood (though he no longer resides there) is at it again.
Relevant Articles
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Radio personality to file $100-million discrimination suit
(Crain's) — Radio personality George Willborn and his family are filing a $100-million discrimination lawsuit in federal court against real estate agencies Lowe Group and Prudential Rubloff Properties, according to a news release from Mr. Willborn's attorneys.
