Early in 2006 Roberta Feldman of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s City Design Center and I were having a conversation about communication strategies for utilizing history and culture as a tool to help community residents become more invested and engaged in the community. I had come to recognize how complex and compelling the Lawndale story is, and thought that this story had to be told. Perhaps there are many ways to accomplish such an objective, but the consensus was that there had to be “a book.” …And, that it shouldn’t be any book, but one that would begin to outline the historical narrative in a compelling way. There had to be great images of the community’s built environment.
Julie Jadinger produced some of the most hauntingly elegant photographs of Lawndale that I suspect most folks have ever seen. Some of her photography follows.
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| Romanesque |
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| Notice the Lion's head |
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| Tracy and Sherry |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Earls |
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| 2100 S. Springfield |
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| 2100 S. Avers |
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| 2100 S. Springfield |
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| 1861 Millard |
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| 2100 S. Avers |
Early in 2006 Roberta Feldman of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s City Design Center and I were having a conversation about communication strategies for utilizing history and culture as a tool to help community residents become more invested and engaged in the community. I had come to recognize how complex and compelling the Lawndale story is, and thought that this story had to be told. Perhaps there are many ways to accomplish such an objective, but the consensus was that there had to be “a book.” …And, that it shouldn’t be any book, but one that would begin to outline the historical narrative in a compelling way. There had to be great images of the community’s built environment. 
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