Steve Ravenscraft
During his 18 years at the Chicago Tribune, Steve Ravenscraft served as an art director and designer, producing award-winning page layouts and illustrations for nearly every feature section.
Steve also spent many years as a graphic artist at the Tribune, where he developed an array of stories in graphic form covering the complexities of the Iraq War, the terrorist attacks on New York on September 2001, the intriguing technology of smart houses and the intricacies of Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories.
Most recently, Steve has been developing interactive, multimedia stories and websites for Loyola University of Chicago.
Recent Contributions
TIF by the Numbers
by STEVE RAVENSCRAFT, ANDREW GREENLEE, CHRIS CASCARANO, and JUAN-PABLO VELEZ | Aug 7, 2011
Revenue from Chicago’s TIF Districts As TIF districts have spread throughout Chicago and property values have risen, the property taxes the city collects have grown dramatically. How TIF dollars were spent About half of the $1.69 billion of TIF program revenues the city spent between 2002 and late 2010 went to infrastructure and public facilities.