Suburban Chicago man has painted 100 mini-libraries and counting
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. -- A Mount Prospect man's garage is his home studio and workshop â and he gives everything he builds to the community.What Joey Carbone builds are mini-libraries â and he has been doing it since 2019. As CBS 2's Noel Brennan reported Friday, Carbone is about to reach a big milestone. Carbone hasn't parked his car in his garage in years, as he needs it for his passion. He parks himself in the garage day after day â building the mini-libraries.
'Look at all this access to literacy we put out there,' Carbone said.And he's about to finish his 100th library in the neighborhood.'Yes! It's incredible.' Carbone said. We met some library recipients.'The wait list to get one of these is just crazy,' said one woman who got the 35th mini-library. 'I'm surprised people aren't bribing him.''One hundred is wonderful,' said one woman who was the 62nd recipient. 'Hopefully, we get to 200.
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