1. How did Albany Park make the comeback to being a much better neighborhood than it was before?
Modified topic:
Were poverty and crime reduced after new buildings and businesses were created in Albany Park?
Final topic:
The renovations and reviving of businesses helped Albany Park reduce its crime and poverty rate in the past thirty years.
Aspects of topic:
founding of the neighborhood, cultural changes, new buildings, new businesses
Tentative thesis:
Without new buildings being made and some rent being raised, Albany Park would still be the poor, crime striken neighborhood that it was 30 years ago.
Modified thesis:
Without new buildings being made and rent being raised with the help of the government and upset residents, Albany Park would still be the haven of empty buildings for gang bangers, prostitutes, and drug dealers that it was 30 years ago.
2. What was the connection between a fistfight on Milwaukee Avenue and an on-the-run Egyptian couple?
3. How did a long series of housing projects lead to creating a safer place to live in the area?
1. Good topic, but be careful of words like "better." You want to look at how it changed, not pass judgment on the change.
ReplyDelete2. No
3. What area?
Should be good. Just think about how to tackle it, you'll need to start with who first founded the area.
ReplyDeleteNeed to rephrase into an active phrase. What was it before? Why did those things happen?
ReplyDeleteYou have some idea about specifics to talk about, but it's still kind of funny sounding. How did those reforms come about?
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