
Maxwell Evans
@afrodip
south shore, woodlawn + hyde park for @blockclubchi. kalamazoo's son. this account is shambling around, someone really ought to put it to sleep
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08-12-2016 17:45:34
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This year's "most endangered" buildings include: ~Delaware Bldg, where renos have stagnated since McDonald's reportedly won't cede 93 sqft ~Darrow Bridge, where Clarence Darrow's ghost may return if there's an afterlife ~Central Mfg. District clock tower blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/04/chi…

The Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its decision to expand a lakefront dump for polluted, dredged sediment, agency officials said Tuesday. The reversal follows a lawsuit from local environmentalists and pushback from the IL EPA and Attorney General. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/11/pla…


A few dozen gathered Thursday for a flower-tossing ceremony at the Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge. As they have for decades, attendees celebrated Darrow’s ongoing influence as an attorney and activist — this year, on the centennial of the Scopes trial. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/14/nei…

Under CKO Real Estate, residents faced utility shutoffs, sewage, infestations + 31° indoor temps. After a fire, CKO abruptly said it was done managing its properties, leaving tenants "in the dark" about who would. "That’s just such an intentional evil."blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/19/res…

ICYMI: I joined Katrina Pham on Friday's weekly roundup for City Cast Chicago. I talked housing justice in South Shore, the latest on the South Works redevelopment... and FKA twigs FKA twigs 48 hours until FKA twigs chicago.citycast.fm/podcasts/why-i…




Here's Colin Boyle, still undefeated at this photo stuff. Dispatches from a beautiful Monday afternoon in Jackson Park: blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/14/jac…

I lost track of time while admiring the beauty of the cherry blossoms today 🌸❤️ with Maxwell Evans & Block Club Chicago Jackson Park Cherry Blossoms Are Finally Back After 2-Year Hiatus blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/14/jac…




Andrea Faye Hart, trina reynolds-tyler and Eve L. Ewing, three "day-one" friends of Build Coffee, will take over the Woodlawn café as "volunteer owners." The trio says they want to be a model for running a "politically and community-oriented" shop. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/05/eve…

The old Wadsworth school in Woodlawn, recently renovated for a now-closed migrant shelter, is available starting at $3M. The old South Shore HS was initially on the market until city officials asked CPS to take the listing down, a district rep said. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/13/as-…

A concrete slab sitting in a UChicago garage may not immediately register as art — let alone a piece lovingly saved from obscurity and decay. "Concrete Traffic" is gaining new attention as its custodians prepare a book on the '57 Caddy encased in concrete.blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/28/sou…