The World Is Always Coming to an End

"The World Is Always Coming to an End" offers a compelling look into Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, exploring how social and economic changes over the past fifty years have transformed its community dynamics. Blending journalism, memoir, and archival research, Carlo Rotella examines the complex contrasts of race, class, and urban life, questioning what it truly means to be a neighborhood and how residents' connections—both physical and social—persist or shift over time.