LISNews: Library Futurists

library closing because landlord is scofflaw .
A storefront library on Chicago's Northwest Side will close its doors on July 15 -- during the height of the summer reading program -- because the landlord is accused of being a city scofflaw.

Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey said the Department of General Services was negotiating a new lease at the Galewood-Mont Clare Library, 6969 W. Grand, when officials discovered that the brothers who own the property are deadbeats. They owe the city more than $70,000 in overdue fines and fees, including property taxes, water bills and building code violations at 12 commercial and residential properties across the city, she said.