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Waiting for a chainsaw to arrive on the 7100 block of Dobson. This is a story about place. Pockettown, or “the Pocket,” is a tight-knit African-American neighborhood in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. In…

Photograph of a Lisa Wrencher posing for her picture next under a tree on Woodlawn Ave. just north of 72nd St.

Troy poses for a picture with his family during a summer barbecue. This is a story about place. Pockettown, or “the Pocket,” is a tight-knit African-American neighborhood in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. …

Crystal, having her picture taken, shortly before attending her senior prom.

Pajama party at a house on the 7200 block of S. Ellis.

Kokomo, a stripper, performs at a bachelor party on Chicago’s S. Side.

Fans of Yung Jock scream and tossle for attention for the well known rapper as he rode by on the WGCI Radio Station's float in the annual Bud Billiken Parade in 2006. What began as the wish of Chicago Defender's founder Robert S. Abbott to organize…

Uncle Al holds up his niece at Sam Binion’s house on the 7200 block of S. Ellis.

LaToya Jackson poses for pictures before her senior prom with her mother, Carolyn and her boyfriend on their front porch of their S. Ingleside home. Her boyfriend, Magic, holds their son in his arms.

Children cross Commercial Ave on Chicago's East Side. This neighborhood once was home to US Steel the largest steel mill in the world at one time.