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Chicago Collections
@chicollections.bsky.social
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A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
Saw it--it's awful
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d
Received!
Copy of Read This When Things Fall Apart with a letter from the author
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 6d
Inquiring minds want to know, which bookstore?
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 6d
Not scary news this Halloween, great news that transit is funded! In honor of that, we're sharing Estelle Wong's brilliant Ode to the L, a winner of our Making History Come Alive Through Words poetry competition in 2024. Thanks Estelle and @chicagocta.bsky.social
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"An Ode to the L" by Estelle Wong | 2024 Poetry Winner
YouTube video by CTA Connections
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 9d
“Chicago is the future.“

@joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com
when we win the masked agents raid our neighborhoods. what do they cover up? (yesterday) is their promise & their charge. on 75th and South Shore they ram down our doors using (yesterday). they toss canisters of (yesterday) into our children’s lullabies. why? my people, we carry (today) & (tomorrow) in twin holsters. we plant (today) & (tomorrow) in our gardens. every day there are more sprouts. let it be known: Chicago will never cower. (yesterday) already died. (yesterday) is dying. (yesterday) will die again. there is no future in (yesterday). the agents in our neighborhoods hide their faces because they are losing. because they lost. when we win, there will be whistles from the gulls circling Lake Michigan. let them sing it: Chicago is a city of (today) & (tomorrow). Chicago is the future.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 9d
The cover also resembles their logo!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 10d
This sounds familiar . . .
wynkenhimself.bsky.social Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 10d
The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
simonpirani.bsky.social Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 10d
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 13d
Across the street with tons of school kids
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 13d
Needed to hear this today!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 13d
Just got our hands on a copy and love Carla's dedication to Terry Tatum--we remember him fondly too!
Dedication page of Chicago Homes with Phil's dedication to Katie and his parents and Carla's dedication to Terry Tatum
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 13d
Never! Or Nevermore!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 13d
Well now I want a s'more
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 15d
Citizen historians!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 15d
The feeling of community doing this research is awesome!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 15d
Next conversation!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 15d
"The Chicago Covenants Project, however, gives us the hard data needed to understand broader patterns of how racially restrictive covenants were deployed across Chicago, which in turn gives us greater context for Black movement throughout the city–or the lack thereof." Great article & conversation!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 27d
Put me down for an order of the brass knuckles!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 27d
It's not but clip art, our budget is small.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 27d
Already designed the tee
A red short-sleeve tee with Chicago Building Nerd Collective and an image of a house
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 27d
I love the Chicago Building Nerd Collective! We ride at dawn!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 27d
Very excited for this book! Have to take these joys where we can find them.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 28d
Aka the Tronc guy
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 28d
This is a great read from @chicagocovenants.bsky.social The parallels to today--a white criminal preferable to a black homeowner . . .
www.chicagocovenants.com/research/al-...
Al Capone’s Covenant — Chicago Covenants
By Ben Miller In the late 1920s, covenant fever swept the South Side of Chicago. As the city’s Black population boomed, white residents mobilized to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming integra...
www.chicagocovenants.com
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 28d
Just realized that Todd Blanche's name is literally Todd White.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 28d
💯 This and @southsideweekly.bsky.social's story
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