Galewood residents launch petition urging Johnson to take action on local librar y

Petition launched at the urging of U.S. Bank developer

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

As ne gotiations over the possibility of a neighborhood library moving into the redeveloped U.S. Bank building at 6700 W. North Ave. drag on, the developer is hoping that a petition from Galewood residents would spur the city and the recently inaugurated Mayor Brandon Johnson into action.

Ever since the Chicago Public Library system moved the Galewood branch library to a room at the Rutherford-Sayre fieldhouse, 6871 W. Belden Ave., in 2010, residents have been clamoring for a larger space. There have been several plans to accomplish that. Most recently, Viktor Jakovljevic, developer of the for mer U.S. Bank building,