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If Dennis McClendon noticed someone lost in the Loop, he’d ask if they needed directions. He might even pull a little map out from his pocket to pass along. It was a thrill for him — like a ...

Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...