Any of you folks live/work in Chicago and have any thoughts on how the Northtown Library + Apartments project worked out? Though I realize this was a P3 development, I am generally interested in how #housingjustice initiatives or #sheltercommons could be implemented involving libraries or the #libraryeconomy. If there are any other real-world projects in this direction I'd love to know about them too.

“I want to congratulate librarians … who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies… The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
—Kurt Vonnegut

“Libraries are the last place in America where you are valued for your personhood, rather than the contents of your wallet. At the library, you are a patron, not a customer.”
—Cory Doctorow

https://stimpunks.org/library/

#libraries #LibraryEconomy