Quote of the day: Liquor stores, not libraries

For kids at Altgeld, who are already so isolated from the rest of the city, not having a library is a big deal. The resources your community provides shows you what your community hopes you will value and participate in. At Altgeld, there’s little for kids to participate in except wrongdoing.

Megan Cottrell on Altgeld Gardens, “a community with a liquor story, but no library.” The library branch for the housing project in far-flung Riverdale shut down in March and hasn’t reopened.

(Visited 27 times, 1 visits today)