Photovoice – Woodlawn

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Photovoice Woodlawn

by the Voices and Visions Scholars

June 25-26, 2014


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AHKEEHEM, MYLES,SHAKORA & TANIYAH


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This is considered a

positive aspectbecause kids under

the age of 12 can

play in the park. The

park is clean and safe

for families to comespend time with their

kids. The people in

the community

wouldnt have to

worry about brokenglass or any

dangerous aspect of

the safety of their

children.

Clean, neat, cool, and a safe place in thecommunity where the kids go and play.


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negative aspect

because a beaten up

car is taking up spacefor a garden or a

community center. A

beaten up car was

not being used by the

owner which gave theimage to the

community it was

okay to have a

beaten up car any

where you likebecause no one is

using the vacant lot

for anything besides a

storage space for

broken down cars.

Beaten down rust bucket and veryold.


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positive aspectbecause in the

Woodlawn

community there

isnt anything in the

empty vacant lotsand having a garden

is a perfect use for

it. A garden is a

perfect example of

a way for thecommunity to take

care of the

neighborhood.

Green and earthy, it brings life uponthe community.


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negative aspect

because a little girlhad fallen into that

hole. This hole

could be dangerous

to the community

because any littlekid could easily fall

into the hole and

get hurt. The

community should

find a way to eitherwarn people about

the hole or just fill

the hole with soil.

Dark deep hole in the middle of avacant lot. Also a little girl hadfallen into it.


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ARMANI, DIAVIAN,JUAN, & LUNDON


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When we went past65thand Kimbark

we saw someone

cutting the vacant

grass. He tried to

make theneighborhood

better by keeping

the grass

maintained at a

short height.Community effort: fresh cut grass in avacant lot


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Its good to see

many schools in the

Woodlawn

community, so when

people get olderthey can give back.

When people give

back it makes the

community look

better and helpsothers in the

community.

Community effort: WoodlawnCommunity School


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The walls under the

viaduct are

crumbling. There is

graffiti on the wallsand they are

molded. The water

is leaking from the

surface.

Infrastructure: viaduct at Marquette(66th)


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There are piles of

trash under the

viaduct. There arebags, empty liquor

bottles, containers

and piles of dirt in

the trash.

Littering: 67thStreet Viaducts


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DEANARDO, JUSTIN,MALIK L. & TAMIA


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Its wrong that

people choose to

destroy what so

little good things we

have in the

neighborhood.

Because of that

people on the

outside looking in

judge us.All the graffiti everywhere


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Some areas in the

neighborhood need

to be reconstructed

(for example, all the

empty lots and

abandoned buildings

we saw and pot

holes). Its a lot of

pot holes around

here in every

neighborhood they

filled the pot holes

except for the areas

Woodlawn Stony

Island.

An abandoned building and empty lot.


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Neighborhood business as anexample of good in the community.


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ANGELICA ERICA MARQUAN - ZENITA


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Used for negative

activities (trap

houses)

New buildings can

be built.

Can be used for

other things (store,mall, etc.)

Day care uses

High school andcolleges can be built

for students

academic levels

Clinics (public aid)

Image of an abandoned house along64thStreet.


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Murals can be

created to set a

positive mood.

Make most graffiti

into a different

meaning.

Build moreinspiration for

others using a

positive way for

graffiti.

The decayed pieces

of areas can be

created as a statue

for a bigger

meaning.

Graffiti


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Good for safety

Should be placed in

more commonplaces.

Could help solve a

lot of crime taking

place any where.Emergency call box


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More landmarks for

kids to elaborate

on.

This shows the

history of the

community.

Golden Statue in Jackson Park


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DAYLA KASHELL KRISTOPHER -RODNEKA - SELAH


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The first positive

aspect was while wewere exploring the

community we went

past a beautiful

piece of land, the

65th/Woodlawncommunity garden.

I believe its pretty

important because

its symbolic of self-

determination,team work, and

care. Its a piece of

art.

65th/Woodlawn Community Garden


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The second positive

aspect is the

Woodlawn Adult

Health Care Clinic.

This is a positive

aspect because its

more convenient for

people who dont

have a constant

transportation, and

elderly people who

cant get to an from.

It makes the

community look

outstanding.

Woodlawn Adult Health Clinic


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The first negative

aspect of the

dilapidated house is

it seems as thegovernment has

manipulated the

building, numerous

half done

constructionprojects were done.

They also had an

available entry

opening to thieves

and animals. It putsa bad imprint on the

community - some

may see it as a trap

house.

Dilapidated House


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The second negative

aspect is while we

were on our journey,

we went passed a

big ball of garbage

next to a garbage

can. It shows as if

our community is

unfit to take care of

our land and its just

a negative all over.Ball of garbage


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DAVID, DIAMOND, ZION


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In the neighborhood

we saw good and

bad sights. We saw

gardens, all differenttypes of gardens

such as the Japanese

garden. We had a

tour of the garden.

We also saw oldviaducts and

abandoned

buildings. The

viaduct could use

more work on it.The church we saw

was a positive thing

for the

neighborhood.

Abandoned building


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In the neighborhood

we saw good and

bad sights. We saw

gardens, all different

types of gardens as

the Japanese garden.

We had a tour of

the garden. We also

saw old viaducts and

abandoned

buildings. The

viaduct could use

more work on it.

The church we saw


for the

neighborhood.

Garden


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In the neighborhood

we saw good and

bad sights. We sawgardens, all different

types of gardens as


We had a tour of

the garden. We alsosaw old viaducts and

abandoned

buildings. The

viaduct could use

more work on it.The church we saw


for the

neighborhood.

Viaducts


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In the neighborhood

we saw good and

bad sights. We saw

gardens, all differenttypes of gardens as


We had a tour of

the garden. We also

saw old viaducts andabandoned

buildings. The

viaduct could use

more work on it.

The church we sawwas a positive thing

for the

neighborhood.

Apostolic Church


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JANARY, LEFERRAH,MALIQUE, NIA


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Abandoned

buildings are not

good because

people can getkidnapped and

taken into the

building. Also there

are broken windows

in the abandonedbuildings.Abandoned buildings


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Bad things about

the viaducts: It wasdark and had

broken glass.

How to make it

better: Maybe someart work on the

walls and a little

light so people can

see at night. Maybe

they can put somehistory of the block

on the wall.


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Garden:

-nice flowers

-keeping the gardenup to date

-nice amount of

space

-didnt have any

negative energyaround

-respectful people

-made people feel at

home

-the garden wasfeeding people

-the artwork was

very nice

William Hills garden on Dorchester


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After hitting thatmain street (Stony

Island) many young

African American

boys started to

appear. When wewalked past the

boys they shouted

out Hey you? What

do #FTL mean!

Come here and heasked how old I was.

As a female I felt

disrespected.


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When we hit Stony

Island, we were

surprised that we

saw African

American business

owners along Stony

Island.


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DIVONTAE, EDSHANIE,MALIK B., REBECKAH,THERESA


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Some good qualities

about the

environment is the

buildings are new

and nice and parks

are clean. Another

good quality is the

park is a safe place

to play.

New houses along the block


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One negative

quality is the soil

and this is bad for

the community. Itsbad because of the

littering and now it

hasnt been kept up

with.

Soil and littering

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