Building a Better Chicago - 9781479839759

New York University Press

Building a Better ChicagoRace and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment\nAuthor(s): Teresa Irene Gonzales\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479839759, 978-1479839759\nSynopsis\nHow local Black and Brown communities can resist gentrification and fight for their interests\n Despite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago's most disadvantaged neighborhoods remain plagued by poverty, failing schools, and gang activity. In Building a Better Chicago, Teresa Irene Gonzales shows us how, and why, these promises have gone unfulfilled, revealing tensions between neighborhood residents and the institutions that claim to represent them. \n Focusing on Little Village, the largest Mexican immigrant community in the Midwest, and Greater Englewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, Gonzales gives us an on-the-ground look at Chicago's inner city. She shows us how philanthropi.