Lake Effect Intervew

Lake Effect is the premier local show on Milwaukee's public radio station. Joy Powers interviewed me about Chicago's Block Clubs.

The HEPPAS blog asked me an irresistible question: What is Amanda Seligman reading now?

So, I didn't resist.

Garages and Fences

Apparently good fences don't always make good neighbors. Sometimes they symbolize neighbors' poor relationships. Today's Washington Post reports this story about an architect who built a trellis and is now building a "spite garage," to the annoyance of his next-door neighbors, whose view is blocked.

Publicity for Chicago's Block Clubs

Chicago's Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City has been getting some nice attention from the media:

Claire Zulkey, "The History and Power of Chicago's Block Clubs," Chicago Magazine, September 7, 2016.

Sher Watts Spooner, "Mothers Fighting Chicago Gun Violence One Block at a Time," Daily Kos, August 26, 2016.

"'Sonny Boy' Williamson Biography Offers Glimpse of How He Shaped Chicago Blues," Chicago Tribune, August 26, 2016.

Chicago's Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City is now available in hard cover, paperback, and digital editions. See the University of Chicago's Historical Studies of Urban America website for details.