Chicago's block clubs : how neighbors shape the city / Amanda I. Seligman.

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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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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 neighbours 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 I. Seligman uncovers the history of the block club in Chicago - from its origins in the Urban League in the early 1900s through to the Chicago Police Department's 21st-century community policing program.

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May 30, 2017

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