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Chicago's block clubs : how neighbors shape the city /

What do you do if your alley is strewn with garbage after the sanitation truck comes through? Or if you're tired of the rowdy teenagers next door keeping you up all night? Is there a vacant lot on your block accumulating weeds, needles, and litter? For a century, Chicagoans have joined block cl...

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Main Authors: Seligman, Amanda I
Published: The University of Chicago Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Historical studies of urban America
Subjects:
Citizens' associations > Illinois > Chicago
Neighbors > Illinois > Chicago > Societies, etc
Community development, Urban > Illinois > Chicago > Societies, etc
Citizens' associations
Community development, Urban > Societies, etc
Illinois > Chicago
Summary: What do you do if your alley is strewn with garbage after the sanitation truck comes through? Or if you're tired of the rowdy teenagers next door keeping you up all night? Is there a vacant lot on your block accumulating weeds, needles, and litter? For a century, Chicagoans have joined block clubs to address problems like these that make daily life in the city a nuisance. When neighbors work together in block clubs, playgrounds get built, local crime is monitored, streets are cleaned up, and every summer is marked by the festivities of day-long block parties. In Chicago's Block Clubs, Amanda
Carrier Form: xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780226385853 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
022638585X (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226385716 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022638571X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226385990 (e-book)
022638599X (e-book)
Index Number: HT177
CLC: D771.283
Call Number: D771.283/S465
Contents: Protect -- Organize -- Connect -- Beautify -- Cleanse -- Regulate.

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