{"id":1838064,"date":"2025-03-18T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1838064"},"modified":"2025-03-18T10:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:05:28","slug":"mapping-the-university-of-chicagos-expansion-into-its-surrounding-neighbourhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/03\/mapping-the-university-of-chicagos-expansion-into-its-surrounding-neighbourhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the University of Chicago\u2019s Expansion into Its Surrounding Neighbourhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Chicago Maroon<\/em>, the University of Chicago\u2019s student newspaper, has posted a story map showing the university\u2019s relationship with, and expansion into, the surrounding neighbourhoods<\/a>. \u201cAs the University of Chicago has expanded its property footprint on the South Side, conflicting priorities, land use disputes, and racial tension have characterized a historically fraught \u2018town and gown\u2019 relationship with the surrounding neighborhoods. Setting the stage for others to follow, the University was the first higher education institution to embark on an urban renewal campaign of its kind, a topic University scholars and students have written on extensively.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Maroon, the University of Chicago\u2019s student newspaper, has posted a story map showing the university\u2019s relationship with, and expansion into, the surrounding neighbourhoods. \u201cAs the University of Chicago has expanded its property footprint… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[363],"tags":[506,54,1726],"class_list":["post-1838064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-human-geography","tag-chicago","tag-cities","tag-university-of-chicago","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785764,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/06\/for-sale-original-copy-of-chicago-gangland-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1838064,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: Original Copy of Chicago Gangland Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 June 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Much is being made of the sale by Daniel Crouch Rare Books of an original copy of a pictorial map of Prohibition-era Chicago. 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