By Marc Fischer / Public Collectors
Public Collectors, Chicago, IL, 2024
Pages: 24
Dimensions: 6 in x 8.25 in
Cover: Paper
Binding: Staple bound
Process:Digital
Color: Full color
Edition 400
ISBN: none

Back in print and greatly expanded! Public Collectors publication #90. Here's the back cover text:

This booklet is a meditation on the rapid transformation of my neighborhood in Chicago, as home prices and property taxes skyrocket and affordable housing becomes increasingly scarce. The first version of this booklet was printed in June 2023, just before my longtime next door neighbors were evicted from the subsidized three-flat they lived in for decades with other low income tenants. The building was soon demolished. The next owner planned to turn the property into two expensive single family homes, but then sold it to another developer who is now finishing construction on a five-unit condo building. 

I took these photos­ of discarded dollhouses and toy houses in alleys in Avondale from 2022 to late 2024. Shortly after the first version of this booklet was published in 2023, Chicago suffered a massive rainstorm over the July 4th holiday weekend and many people returned from vacations to find their basements flooded. This resulted in tons of discarded furniture, toys, and dollhouses, including some that are documented in this edition. The writing inside this booklet is a collage of sales pitches and exaggerated claims from the websites of multiple real estate agents and firms that are currently operating in Avondale. 

— Marc Fischer / Public Collectors   

Public Collectors was founded by Marc Fischer in 2007. He is based in Chicago, IL. This and other Public Collectors publications are distributed by www.halfletterpress.com.