<p>Mike Stephen discusses the vast city ownership of vacant land during Chicago’s housing crisis with <a href= "https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/11/the-cha-owns-more-than-130-acres-of-vacant-land-and-buildings-enough-to-fill-25-city-blocks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Block Club Chicago</a> reporter and investigative editor Mick Dumke and discovers the Secret History of prewar jazz clarinet player <a href= "https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/milton-mezz-mezzrow-jazz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Mezz Mezzrow</a>.</p>

Mike Stephen discusses the vast city ownership of vacant land during Chicago’s housing crisis with Block Club Chicago reporter and investigative editor Mick Dumke and discovers the Secret History of prewar jazz clarinet player Mezz Mezzrow.

<p>Mike Stephen discusses the vast city ownership of vacant land during Chicago’s housing crisis with <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/11/the-cha-owns-more-than-130-acres-of-vacant-land-and-buildings-enough-to-fill-25-city-blocks/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Block Club Chicago</a> reporter and investigative editor Mick Dumke and discovers the Secret History of prewar jazz clarinet player <a href="https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/milton-mezz-mezzrow-jazz/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mezz Mezzrow</a>.</p>

OTL #901: City land and a local housing crisis, The Secret History of Mezz Mezzrow

Outside the Loop RADIO is Chicago's Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine. Founded as a podcast in September 2006 and picked up for broadcast by Chicago Sound Alliance WLUW 88.7-FM in March 2007, "OTL" now airs on Chicago's Very Own 50,000-watt heritage powerhouse station WGN Radio 720-AM.

Storyteller and urbanologist Mike Stephen hosts this weekly program featuring fun segments and interviews with local newsmakers, artists, musicians, and others doing cool stuff around the greater Chicago area. The show covers topics stories that don't always get mainstream media attention... and it's all presented with a strong and independent Chicago slant.

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Outside the Loop RADIO is Chicago's Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine. Founded as a podcast in September 2006 and picked up for broadcast by Chicago Sound Alliance WLUW 88.7-FM in March 2007, "OTL" now airs on Chicago's Very Own 50,000-watt heritage powerhouse station WGN Radio 720-AM. Storyteller and urbanologist Mike Stephen hosts this weekly program featuring fun segments and interviews with local newsmakers, artists, musicians, and others doing cool stuff around the greater Chicago area. The show covers topics stories that don't always get mainstream media attention... and it's all presented with a strong and independent Chicago slant. http://outsidetheloopradio.com

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