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Patti Swanson

People wait for the bus in Albany Park in the photo from 1983.

Albany Park’s fierce community spirit is what I love most

What started as a rural, suburban community soon became a vibrant city neighborhood swelling with newly arrived immigrants and working-class families.

By Patti Swanson