Where can I find historical information concerning the Auburn Gresham community in Chicago Illinois?

Question

Does anyone know the best place to go and do physical research on communities in the chicagoland area, beginning with the birth of any given communites?

Answer 1

The net is first place to do research, there are quite a few sites like this one:
www.newcommunities.org/cmadocs/auburnQofL2005.pdf