• Englewood: A Chicago Story of Rise, Rupture, and Relentless Survival

    Early Days: From Prairie to Promise Before it became Englewood, it was open land—prairie stretching under a wide Midwestern sky. In the mid-1800s, the area began to develop as railroads cut through it, turning it into a vital transportation hub. By the late 19th century, Englewood was annexed into Chicago (1889), and the neighborhood began…