{"product_id":"the-chicago-neighborhood-guidebook","title":"The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook is an intimate exploration of the Windy City's history and identity. Required reading--The Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOfficially, Chicago has 77 neighborhoods. Unofficially, though, that number's closer to 200. But what does that mean for the people who actually call Chicago home? In an eclectic collection of essays, poems, photos, and visual art, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook aims to explore the city's overlooked corners. Edited by Martha Bayne, and with help from the Read\/Write Library, the book builds on 2017's critically acclaimed Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology. Here, you'll find compelling stories from all over the city:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWhat one pizzeria meant to a boy growing up in Ashburn\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe South Shore's beauty and pain\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe best borscht in Ukranian Village\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe alleys of the Gold Coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRogers Park's ever-shifting identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis lyrical and subjective guide to Chicago features work by Megan Stielstra, Audrey Petty, Alex Hernandez, Sebastián Hidalgo, Dmitry Samarov, Ed Marszewski, Lily Be, Jonathan Foiles, and many more. It's a book about the day-to-day lives of people in the city and above all else, about the changes those people have witnessed, suffered, and enacted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this idiosyncratic guidebook, Chicagoans will recognize both their streets and their stories, and readers from outside the city will get an intimate portrait of one of America's most iconic cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProceeds from each sale support the Obama Foundation in its mission to inspire, empower and connect people to change their world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage count: 288 pgs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasurements: 6\" x 9\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Obama Foundation Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48412793700607,"sku":"9781948742498","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/6557\/0047\/files\/9781948742498.jpg?v=1776662232","url":"https:\/\/shop.obama.org\/products\/the-chicago-neighborhood-guidebook","provider":"The Obama Presidential Center Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}