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This book was kinda voyeuristic, but it did make me realize I shouldn‘t have picked a book on the projects by someone who wasn‘t from the projects. Its most useful feature was its outlining of major public housing milestones in Chicago history, but the approach was weird and racist. Felt like it was trying to convince a white audience of the...horror? Humanity? Inevitability? of the rise and fall of Chicago‘s high rises.

I‘ve been trying to find a book like this for a long time. I do building engineering consulting in public housing, and I‘ve always wanted to read narratives of the residents describing their own experiences. This focuses on one housing project in Chicago over thirty or forty years and the author shows warmth toward the people he interviewed as well as writing a larger history.

Do you ever have those moments in life where you hang on to books for emotional support? This isn‘t the book for that but any book will do.

For #24in48 #awholenewworld challenge. Even though I live in Chicago there was so much I didn‘t know before I read this. One of my favorites of 2018 so far for sure. Ben Austen did such an amazing job interviewing residents and portraying their stories and experiences. @24in48

If someone would have told me that a book about public housing in Chicago would be one of my favorites of the year, I definitely would not have believed it. But this book is fascinating. So well researched and interspersed between the history of city and national politics and the debates over public housing are real people and the story of their lives. I was absolutely hooked. Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

1. Reading in between loads of laundry.
2. 5‘3
3. 4.5 years in this house, almost 20 years in this area.
4. Technically my current read is the tagged book, but I think I need to switch over to something a bit lighter.
5. This is last summer at Camden Yards to see my Cubs!

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1. I am from Indiana, but have lived in Maryland for the past 20 years. I long for the Midwest every day.
2. I‘m not sure I have a favorite genre....I will read almost anything, although I am not a huge fan of fantasy/sci-fi.
3. Current read is tagged. It was just released last week and piqued my curiosity.
4. A nice, juicy hamburger with pickles.
5. I have a cat named Suki and a greyhound named Alvarado- he‘s my best pal.

Up next....(when I finish this crossword puzzle....)