In the pioneering spirit that forged Pontchartrain Park as a suburban-style mecca for black families in the era of Jim Crow, the leaders of an innovative rebuilding initiative stood Friday in the ...

A house built in modules in a North Lawndale factory will soon be assembled on a lot in West Humboldt Park, the first of what a development firm hopes will be two dozen affordable homes for the area.

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picture a vast warehouse somewhere in the north of England. Workers in hard hats are poring over intricate plans against a background of humming machinery. Robot arms slice through sheets of metal and ...