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Part of Belts Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook is an intimate exploration of the Windy Citys history and identity. Required readingThe Chicago Tribune

Officially, Chicago has 77 neighborhoods. Unofficially, though, that numbers closer to 200. But what does that mean for the people who actually call Chicago home? In an eclectic collection of essays, poems, photos, and visual art, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook aims to explore the citys overlooked corners. Edited by Martha Bayne, and with help from the Read/Write Library, the book builds on 2017s critically acclaimed Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology. Here, youll find compelling stories from all over the city:

What one pizzeria meant to a boy growing up in Ashburn

The South Shores beauty and pain

The best borscht in Ukranian Village

The alleys of the Gold Coast

Rogers Parks ever-shifting identity.

This lyrical and subjective guide to Chicago features work by Megan Stielstra, Audrey Petty, Alex Hernandez, Sebasti?n Hidalgo, Dmitry Samarov, Ed Marszewski, Lily Be, Jonathan Foiles, and many more. Its a book about the day-to-day lives of people in the city and above all else, about the changes those people have witnessed, suffered, and enacted.

In this idiosyncratic guidebook, Chicagoans will recognize both their streets and their stories, and readers from outside the city will get an intimate portrait of one of Americas most iconic cities.

Author: Martha Bayne
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Belt Publishing
Published: 09/10/2019
Series: Belt Neighborhood Guidebooks
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781948742498
Language: English