In this narrative essay, I reflect on the evolving relationship between public libraries and the community of Back of the Yards in Chicago. Despite the resources and services that the library has the potential to offer to the community, the closure of the Back of the Yards library in 2011, and its subsequent relocation inside a high school in 2013, drastically changed its accessibility and functionality. Through interviews with CPL library workers, community members, and members of the high school, I examine how this co-location creates barriers to library access, making it difficult for community members to find and use the library. Despite being intended to integrate the library and school resources, this move resulted in a smaller and less welcoming space that failed to meet the community’s needs. I end the essay with the community’s frustrations and concerns at the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Library’s decision to relocate the library, though once again co-locating it– this time in a mixed-use public housing development.