Derek Rose of the Chicago Bulls, Jennifer Hudson (singer and actress) and Chaka Khan (singer and songwriter) came from Englewood.
The place is riddled with gangs and violent crimes of all kinds.
Leni
and it looks like a war zone with burned out, boarded up homes next to vacant lots where other burned out, boarded up homes used to be.
The commuter train I take goes through it every day. I've often pondered filming that part of my commute and putting it up on YouTube for other Freepers to see. It really does look like a war zone and I cannot imagine how people (and children) manage to actually live there...