Description

Approximately 30 people with carts and junk living under the viaduct. At least ten king size tents block the sidewalks on both sides of the street. Access to the sidewalk very limited, aggressive bums actually patrol one end of the viaduct. Garbage, rotting food, old clothes, open fires make the area a haven for rats, an eyesore, and a health risk. People living here have made the park and adjacent areas of our lakefront a no mans land, where you can not walk or wander. . Aggressive homeless actually chase children down Clarendon on school days. All done in the name of " The Rights of the Homeless". What about the rights of the people who live here and pay taxes? If, you care about your lakefront and ward you need to contact the mayor, the city council, your state legislators and tell them what is happening in our area. It has become progressively worse with tent cities at Lawerence and LSD at least 30 more,are camped at Wilson and LSD, Stewart School lot another ten to fifteen, , abandonded building South East corner of Wilson and Sheridan ( another ten plus) . Uptown does not have to be the repository for all the homeless in the city .If, we do nothing then we we lose a great area. Call , write, E mail, tweet your city officials to do something about the worsening situation.