Is there a Filipino neighborhood in Chicago?

Thanks to WBEZ’ s Curious City for the great report!

Listen and read about “Is there a Filipino neighborhood in Chicago?”.

Where and how Filipinos settled tells the story of Chicago.

“Where you are is where you build community.”

– By Micah Yason and Mary Hal

“South Side neighborhoods may have been an early hub, but today, many people associate the North Side with Filipino Americans. This could be because of the Rizal Center in Lake View is where a lot of Filipino folks communed in Chicago, especially after the third wave of immigration.

“I came here in 1980 … and I can remember there were only two Filipino storefronts,” said Tito Jerry Clarito, chairman of the Jose Rizal Center and the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago. It was opened in 1974 and named after national hero of the Philippines José Rizal.”

What do you remember about when your family first settled here?


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