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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

FOUND: Far south side development is taking shape around cta red line extension - What They Never Told You

The CTA’s planned Red Line extension would go south of the terminal at 95th Street, the current end of the line. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

Our coalition was glad to read the Sun-Times editorial urging the city to surround the new stations created by the CTA’s Red Line extension with much-needed development, such as homes and commercial space, serving current residents and attracting new ones to the Far South Side.

We also get the editorial board’s questions and skepticism: Time and again, Chicago’s Black residents have been promised neighborhood investments that have not materialized and, as a result, many have left our city. This time, though, is different.

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