CHICAGO -- Photographer, activist and Englewood resident Tonika Lewis Johnson has embarked on a new project called "Folded Map." The idea came to her when she was in high school, traveling from ...

Nanette, south side Englewood resident and Wade, north side Edgewater resident, pose together on Wade’s front porch and in front of the other’s home. Credit: Tonika johnson “I’m sure you’ve heard the ...

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Chicago is a tale of two cities - the North Side and downtown thrive while other areas are left behind. A project called "Folded Map" explores these inequalities and segregation through photography.

Chicago is known as one of the most segregated cities in the country--and that disconnect can sow prejudice, fear and misunderstanding of the other. So one Englewood resident wanted to explore that ...

Chicago’s segregated residents are unexpectedly becoming friends in a project that an artist hopes will smash barriers and stereotypes. When Tonika Johnson started photographing houses with ...

Englewood and Rogers Park. They’re two neighborhoods on opposite sides of the city, but because of Chicago’s grid system, their street addresses look very similar. Inspired by the city’s grid, and its ...

Nanette Tucker and Wade Wilson, a pair of “map twins” from Tonika Lewis Johnson's Folded Map Project. (Photo by Tonika Lewis Johnson) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free ...

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