Perhaps Timothy Beach Blackstone was motivated by competitiveness with fellow industrialist Andrew Carnegie, or by civic boosterism, but he believed a library should be a work of art in itself. Read more
Phaedra Darwish, a Palestinian-American dance instructor, wanted to bring the Middle East back to its old neighborhood of Chicago Lawn for a day. Read more
“We want to build a food forest that adds to the beauty of the neighborhood," says Natasha Nicholes, founder of the small farm that occupies a single lot in the Far South Side neighborhood. Read more
