About the Author

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A life-long Chicagoan, Ellen Shubart has worked as a teacher, a journalist, and a sustainable city planning advocate. A historian by training, with Master's degrees in US History and Historic Preservation, she is also the author of What's With Chicago?, Chicago: An Illustrated Timeline, Glencoe, Illinois, and Taylor Street, Chicago's Little Italy. In retirement, she is a docent at the Chicago Architecture Center.