Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lois Wille tells how a small group of Chicago business leaders created a thriving and viable neighborhood on the carcass of old rail yards and, in the process, managed to reinvigorate the central city.

Wille’s illustrated account provides behind-the-scenes insight into the obstacles to the evolution of Dearborn Park, including a succession of six mayors, huge economic impediments, policy disputes and more.

With Dearborn Park, Chicago left a formula that other cities can use to turn fallow land into vibrant neighborhoods -- without big government subsidies.

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