Remaking Union Station
Union Station is a place where all points meet, where city, region, and world come together. It is where bold planning for Chicago should be reborn. It is the centerpiece of a highly interconnected transit system that connects all parts of the city, the metropolitan...
Expo 2020
Dubai Expo 2020 was the first world exposition to be held in the Middle East. It said something about energy. It said something, unwittingly and despite itself, about the world’s hoped-for energy transition(s) in the midst of the world’s pressing need for...
In memoriam – Rev. John Johnson
A tribute to a friend, in Living Blues magazine, March 2022, pp. 75-76 | download see also, Requiem for Maxwell Street John W. Johnson, 1937 – 2021 “Being black, being born black, being raised black…. I came into it when I first started breathing,” said Elder John...
Illinois Farmer
This short book, the history of a farm, concerns my cousin Alvin, his family and their farm at Island Grove. Alvin, now retired, tells me how he managed the farm for 60 years, sharing his constant concerns and a farmer’s enduring perspectives as he describes how his...Books
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