A stereotype is a preconceived notion about a person or group. Originally, though, the word stereotype referred to a printing device used to produce lots
When Jeff Green was growing up in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, he’d spend his summers and winters on Howard Beach — sunbathing one season, sledding another. “I recently drove by there, and the beach is gone,” said Green, who now lives in Evanston. “It’s underwater.” City officials closed Howard beach due to erosion in 2020,.