The Englewood Housing Authority opened the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Housing Center in 1976. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded it. As of 2017, the building was converted into a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) project.
Wides Corner is at the intersection of Lafayette Place and Englewood Avenue. The corner became a concern for the community due to loiters. Drug and alcohol abuse were a problem at the corner.
Wides Liquor was a liquor store on Wides Corner, the intersection of Lafayette Place and Englewood Avenue. The store was owned by the Wides family since 1932. Robert Wides owned the store in the 1970s.
Winton J. White Stadium is a sports stadium named in honor of Winton J. White, superintendent of schools in the 1920s who was a driving force in its opening. The opening ceremony was on October 22nd, 1930.
The Englewood Woman's Work Exchange was a longstanding charitable and economic support organization serving Englewood and the surrounding community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1884, the Exchange operated on a practical but deeply social…
