
Nestled on the corner of Kedzie and Foster avenues is a basketball gym. It’s not unlike any of the humble high school gyms that have helped define what the sport means to this city.
On one end is a stage that serves as a backdrop to the made field goals and free throws, layups and dunks executed on the basket that descends feet from a blue velvet curtain, which hides the equipment of productions performed when basketball isn’t going on.