Never Leave Your Block : Adventures in Urban Living

Jacobs, Scott

ISBN 10: 1879652013 / ISBN 13: 9781879652019

Edité par Roundhouse, 2013

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Synopsis :

To some, Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders and Magnificent Miles, but behind the postcard images are blue collar neighborhoods that are the beating heart of the city. Never Leave Your Block takes you into Chicago's Bucktown and nearby environs to meet the people whose strength, resilience and character are the very bedrock of Chicago. Here in the old stomping ground of Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow and Mike Royko, Scott Jacobs explores what happens when gentrification comes to a modern city. What institutions endure? Who survives? And how does a diverse community come together to keep the fabric of a city strong? Follow along with Jacobs as he wanders an inner city park reclaimed after decades of gang violence. Join the Bucktown Seniors on a field trip to Horseshoe Heaven. Meet Hector and Joe, once partners, now neighbors and rivals in the haircut trade. Spend a season with the teams in the Holstein Park adult basketball league. Shop the bottled water aisle at Dominick's. Eat breakfast at Whole Foods. Kibitz with the young mothers at Moms & Tots . . . but don't forget to shovel the sidewalk. Your neighbors are watching. In this intimate portrait of his neighbors, Jacobs weaves his own experiences raising a young son into a bright, funny look at how urban communities like Bucktown are shaping the future of America's cities.

À propos de l?auteur: Scott Jacobs has been a reporter, filmmaker, political consultant and community activist for 40 years. He started his career as the urban affairs reporter for The Chicago Sun-Times in 1972, leaving after four years to pursue video journalism. As an independent filmmaker, he co-founded the Center for New Television and Independent Programming Associates. His video documentaries have been seen on PBS and A & E Television and include True Life Video Stories, Royko at The Goat, Those Grede Girls, and Saudi Arabia: A Complicated Ally, all available on Amazon. Com. He is also the editor of The Week Behind, an online magazine now celebrating its 18th year on the worldwide web. His freelance writing has appeared in Milwaukee Magazine, Slate, Scan and The Chicago Sun-Times. Jacobs lives and works in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago with his wife and son.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Never Leave Your Block : Adventures in Urban...
Éditeur : Roundhouse
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good