Abstract

Near West Side resident Mark Pestak shares what it was like living on the Near West Side in the early 1990s. Pestak highlights his involvement in the Catholic Worker Community along with some of the goals of the Catholic Worker movement. Pestak discusses his involvement in housing justice in the neighborhood. Pestak also recollects the community's efforts to close down a hazardous waste recycling facility on Monroe and Fulton in the 1990s.

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Interviewee

Pestak, Mark (interviewee)

Interviewer

White, Bali (interviewer)

Project

Near West Side Housing Activism

Date

6-13-2024

Document Type

Oral History

Duration

49 minutes

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