{"id":25296,"date":"2016-01-24T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=25296"},"modified":"2016-01-24T18:59:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:59:12","slug":"as-pilsen-changes-longtime-residents-and-businesses-stay-put-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/as-pilsen-changes-longtime-residents-and-businesses-stay-put-video\/","title":{"rendered":"As Pilsen changes, longtime residents and businesses stay put (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Haydee Clotter<\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago&#8217;s\u00a0Lower West Side has long had\u00a0a strong Mexican and Latino influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s been happening for some time,\u201d said Mexican Museum curator William Guillermo Luna. \u201cPilsen used to be the entry point for Mexican immigrants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau 28.9 percent of the population in Chicago is\u00a0Hispanic or Latino. But development and\u00a0gentrification are\u00a0changing the\u00a0landscape of the\u00a0one of the city&#8217;s most prominent Latino neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 152501430 w=474]<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Development\u00a0has brought new businesses to Pilsen. In the process,\u00a0some businesses left the area, but there where many who didn\u2019t let the changes push them out.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurateur Danny Gutierrez Jr. is one of them. His family is from Pilsen and his children attend school there. He never thought about leaving his community because, he says, it\u2019s always been home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Small businesses like ourselves stand their ground and stay here and make it happen,&#8221; said Gutierrez, who recently\u00a0opened Cant\u00f3n Regio with his father after fire destroyed their previous restaurant, Nuevo Leon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These small businesses are what makes Pilsen unique,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;Having us leave and having these corporate businesses come in I think just changes everything all around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Customers at Cant\u00f3n Regio enjoying Mexican cuisine. 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