Part of my parents old neighborhood in Little Italy (Chicago) fell victim to UIC (University of Illinois @ Chicago) expansion, Nicky. The part of Aberdeen Street that used to link up to West Harrison was completely razed and turned into a huge parking lot for UIC students/staff. It is the part of Aberdeen that used to have Joey Di Buono's (Tufano's Vernon Park Tap/Restaurant) grandparent's bakery. That street had several apartment buildings that were all Italian families with three generations in some cases. Most of them moved out to Cicero & Berwyn but my folks chose to move to a big up and coming new suburb called Barber's Corners... later named Bolingbrook.

Apologies for off topic but it just shows how some neighborhoods change in big cities. Ironic thing about this is that it still is a great neighborhood with a lot of Italian influence and main stays to this day. It always made me wonder how my life may have turned out if my folks never had to leave that street.