To offset decades of racist housing policies, this Chicagoan is getting creative
PROJECT | UnBlocked
Tonika Lewis Johnson calls her latest project – unBlocked Englewood – “a very unusual art project.”
It involves beautifying the 6500 block of South Aberdeen Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood – though things like murals, gardens, gazebos, and landscaping – that’s not the unusual part.
Hac Tran works to amplify Asia on Argyle
PROJECT | ARGYLE COMMUNITY HEALING & PLACEKEEPING PROJECT
In the Southeast Asian community on Argyle Street in Uptown, Hac Tran says he’s seen nearly 10 businesses close due to rent increases, gentrification, pandemic complications and other issues.
