In Chicago area’s Oak Park, a portrait of suburban renewal, one artist at a time (True/Slant - 9/23/09)
By Lou Carlozo
Confessions of a Pop Culture Pilgrim
Just west of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, a stretch of Harrison Street in Oak Park, Ill. is revitalizing once-sleepy (and empty) storefronts with a force retrograde to any Great Recession.

