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The Power of the Commons

In 2016, a diverse network of city governments, nonprofits, community groups and national foundations committed to an ambitious…
5 Must-See Southside Neighborhoods

“From its musical archives of house music legend Frankie Knuckles to its extensive book collection of Ebony and…
DJ Booth at 95th Red Line Station Offers More Than Free Music

Arts in our public spaces can unite us. “This is actually one of the most popular train stations…
Three Perfect Days: Chicago

United’s Hemispheres features the work on the South Side by Theaster Gates and Rebuild Foundation as an indispensable…
It’s a challenge, but Chicago has opportunities to add parkland

“From redeveloping inaccessible South Side areas to establishing creative financing of green spaces in disinvested areas, here’s how…
Tamir Rice Gazebo Memorial reconstructed with help from Rebuild Foundation: ‘For every Tamir that we know, there’s probably 20 or 30 that we don’t’

Public space as a place for reckoning and healing. “We know that by having the gazebo on site,…
Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s Departing Mayor, in His Own Words

“For a long time our urban policy was housing. If you want to build something in economically challenging…
Foundation gets $1.6M to redevelop vacant school in Greater Grand Crossing

Chicago’s civic commons work set to receive $1.6M in support from Chicago Mayor’s Office Neighborhood Opportunity Fund to…
Theaster Gates’s Community Canvas

“I believe in the inherent power in people and things, even when others don’t see the inherent value…The…
Combatting Polarization with the Civic Commons

E.J. Dionne Jr., syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and university professor…