Editorial: Build, baby, build. There’s good news on Chicago’s South and West sides.

Build, Baby, Build. There's Good News on South and West Sides

Editorial: Build, baby, build. There’s good news on Chicago’s South and West sides.

With little fanfare, a consortium of nonprofits is building dozens of new single-family homes on the South and West sides.

West Side Stories: 3 cheers for kids enjoying life along the edges

Seth Daniel, News EditorOver the last year I’ve been involved in re-designing a schoolyard in my West of Washington neighborhood in a space long-neglected and without a drop of investment since the early 1990s. The first step in the process was to ask people what they wanted. The adults dreamed of an interactive play space that was ultra-safe, maybe with digital components built in to enhance play opportunities, and with ways for the space to be…