- June 30, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
As part of The Folded Map Project, Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan interviewed 30 people about how they first confronted — and eventually combatted — harmful narratives about Chicago’s South and West sides. Block Club Chicago is publishing five of these stories. We invite you to join us June 30 on YouTube for Making Chicago’s Segregation Personal, a live conversation about neighborhood stereotypes, segregation and how you can better understand your community by getting to know someone else’s.
This is the fourth story in a five-part series. Read the first here, the second here and the third here.
HUMBOLDT PARK — When Joey Della Vecchia was starting his business fixing pianos, he was eager for any jobs he could get, wherever they were in the city.
So when he got a call from a homeowner in Englewood one day, he didn’t hesitate. As he made the trek down to 73rd Street, he realized he not only was going to a part of the city…
