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We are replacing our usual calendar with virtual events and recommendations from StreetWise vendors, readers and staff to keep you entertained at home! The team discusses baseball records and football quarterbacks as part of Black History Month. We visit four homeless encampments that have grown in the last two years, especially since the pandemic.
The Playground ON THE COVER: The Belmont - Kedzie encampment (photo by Kathleen Hinkel). THIS PAGE: An American flag on display in the Lawrence underpass beneath Lake Shore Drive (Kathleen Hinkel photo).
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ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of things to do at home and why you love them to: Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Art Competition!
Student Juried Exhibition Virtual Reception and Awards Loyola University’s Student Art Competition runs through March 5 at the Ralph Arnold Gallery, 1131 W. Sheridan Road, and online. For over 20 years, the annual competition has showcased the best student work – painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, graphic design and interesting combinations of media – being created at Loyola. This year, students from all majors submitted over 100 works to juror Ruby T, a Chicago artist who holds a Master in Fine Arts in fiber and material studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She selected the most outstanding for the exhibition, based on originality, thoughtfulness and skill. The Student Art Competition gives Loyolans the opportunity to be showcased in a professional gallery as part of an exhibition that celebrates creativity on campus. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be honored at an opening reception at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, February 20, during FNARFEST21. The event is FREE, but reservations should be made at luc.edu/ralpharnoldgallery/
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Pandemic in Comics!
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'The Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology' In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. Amid all the uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create comics, commenting on the chaos. "COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology" collects more than 60 such short comics from a diverse set of creators. In narrative styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, they tell stories about adjusting to working from home, homeschooling their kids, missing birthdays and weddings, and being afraid just to leave the house. On February 19 at 6 p.m., Jason Chatfield, Sarah Firth, John Jennings, Stephanie Nina Pitisirilios, and Kendra Boileau will discuss their book, "Covid Chronicles: A Comics Anthology." They will be joined in conversation by Matthew Noe. Register for this free webinar at www.semcoop.com/event.
World Music!
Vistar: Musical Cosmopolitanism Born from the fusion of Persian and Indian cultures, Hindustani musical cosmopolitanism runs deep. This episode addresses cosmopolitanism in the life and work of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, India’s preeminent sarod artist and a lifelong traveler across artistic, religious, and geographic boundaries. Join in conversation with Anna Schultz, associate professor of music and humanities at the University of Chicago and Avik Chanda, a bestselling author, columnist and entrepreneur, as they explore the ins and outs of this cultural fusion. The event is free and open to the public, streaming live on February 20 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. on www.facebook.com/Uchicagodelhi and www.youtube.com/c/ProhorYoutube. No registration required.
Iconic Characters!
'Nom Nom: 40 Years of Pac Man Design and History' Following “Pac-Man’s” 40th anniversary, Chicago Gamespace assesses the history, design and legacy of this enduring and resonant title. “Nom Nom: 40 Years of PacMan Design and History” explores the game’s development and evolution from its beginnings at Namco in Tokyo in the late 1970s to its introduction in the U.S. market where its expansive design and global marketing and licensing made “Pac-Man” a household name. Comprised of playable arcade cabinets and console titles, art and artifacts from its development and advertising, this exhibit will outline how the game “Pac-Man” transcended media, broke with extant arcade genres and evolved game technologies. This exhibit is open to the public on Sundays from 1-5 p.m. and by appointment through the end of May at Chicago Gamespace, 2418 W. Bloomingdale Ave. Capacity is limited and masks are required. Cost is $5 per person, but children 12 and under are free. Book visits at www.chicagogamespace.com/.
Young Archeologists!
All Bones About It Think skeletons are just for Halloween? Think again. The Oriental Institute presents this kid-friendly crash course on the importance of bones and the story they tell. On February 17 from 4 - 5 p.m., a bioarcheologist will talk about how this knowledge helps archaeologists learn about the lives of ancient people. This event is for kids, ages 8-12 and is free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Register at oi.uchicago.edu/programs-events/events.
Chicago History!
Virtual Urban History Seminar Presented by the Chicago History Museum, the Urban History Seminar series feature a scholarly presentation followed by lively discussion. Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, presents “Revisioning Historic Preservation: Chicago in the Twenty-First Century.” The February 18 Zoom session will open at 6:45 p.m. with the program starting at 7 p.m. RSVP is required. This session is free of charge, but the Chicago History Museum would greatly appreciate a donation of any amount. A Zoom link will be provided after registration. Register at www.chicagohistory.org/event/urban-history-seminar-11/.
Local Plays!
Lesbian Shorts A reading of five short plays will be performed live online on February 16 at 7 pm. Amber Mandley will direct these readings of the five two-handers, which follow lovers, besties and exes as they examine friendship, relationships, love, homophobia, systemic racism, and intimacy in settings that range from a doctor’s office to a church, two living rooms, and a pizza parlor. Register at pridearts.org/lesbian-shorts/. $10.
Virtual Art Exhibit!
Return: A New Virtual Art Exhibit “Return” is a new virtual art exhibit open every evening at 6 p.m. until June 4. Four beloved Awakenings artists back in the gallery for a group installation. Anneasha Hogan, Veronica Ravichandran, Isabella Scott, & Alex Brightbill will return to build upon their past work and weave a new story. Together these artists show us that just as there is no single story that depicts the experience of all sexual assault survivors, all survivors contain multitudes of stories. A discussion with the artists will be at 6:30 p.m. February 17, free to the public, but registration required at awakeningsart.org.
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Vendors Russ Adams, John Hagan and Donald Morris chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.
Let's Talk About Black History Russ: Hello, everyone, and welcome to this Black History Month discussion. First, I want to send my condolences to the family and friends of the great Hank Aaron who passed away recently at 86. Hammering Hank, as he was called, started receiving racist death threats in 1974 during his drive to the home-run record. For example, one threat stated: “My gun is watching your every Black move.” Patrick: Wow, I didn’t know that. I mean, obviously, I knew he received threats considering he was about to break Babe Ruth’s record. Shoot, Ruth is considered BASEBALL to those focused on the scene they consider the only scene.
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Russ: You’re right. And, despite all the drama, Mr. Hank Aaron broke the record with his 715th home run. It was a shot to the left field bullpen at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. He went on to hit 40 more for a total of 755. And, even though he no longer holds that record, he still holds a few others: 2,297 RBIs, 1,477 extra-base hits, and 6,856 total bases. John: Those are awesome numbers, Russ. Thank you for that. Well, switching gears here to the NFL—the quarterback (QB) position to be more specific. Prior to 1970, just the idea of having a Black NFL QB was unheard of. White owners, easily the ma-
jority, didn’t believe Blacks had the same mindset that whites have for that position, especially the thinking portion of the position. Donald: The amazing thing is that we have so many Blacks in the position now, but we still have the same issues—just not as out-there as before. John: You’re right. I think about Warren Moon having to go to the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos and even Drew Pearson, a QB in high school, who decided to become a wide receiver because of the lack of quarterback opportunities for Blacks. Patrick: So, what changed the landscape? John: Well, I lean on quarterbacks James Harris of the L.A. Rams, Chicago Bears’ Vince Evans, and the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers’ Doug Williams in answering that. All three were trailblazers in disproving the stereotype that Black men were mentally and strategically unable to be NFL quarterbacks. Donald: Right on! Shoot, Doug Williams was a bad boy. But, y’all know what? As bad as the NFL’s history is with all this, I love that, today, we have a few really good QBs representing for us. I remember our history—I do—and it hurts to think too long about it. I mean, just think about all of the QBs we DIDN’T get to witness in our time. Black men who perhaps went on to become teachers, construction workers, drug dealers, or even the many who may have given up their dream or goal because of what they saw. It’s sad. It really is. Any comments or suggestions? Email pedwards@streetwise.org
BLACK HISTORY discussion: Background/Heyday Born in 1911, the Chicago American Giants played until 1956. The team played in an independent league from 1910-1919 and, in 1920, joined the official Negro Leagues. From 1910-mid-1930s, the Giants were considered the dominant team in Black baseball. And from one older gentleman I recently met, the Chicago American Giants were thought by many to be the dominant team in Chicago - yes, even more so than the White Sox or Cubs. The Giants won a number of league titles and 2 World Series. A few Hall of Famers to emerge from the team: Turkey Stearnes (1932-1935, 1937-1938), Rube Foster (Manager/ Pitcher, 1911-1926), and John Henry Lloyd (19141917).
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GROWING HOMELESS ENCAM
Top: The Dan Ryan - Roosevelt encampment. Middle Row: Ricardo Vera, a vice president of the Chicago Union of the Homeless, stops to pray for a moment at the spot where Wayne Warren, a homeless veteran, froze to death. The space is left empty at the encampment as a memorial. A fire burns at the encampment. Banners hang outside the encampment along Desplaines Street. Bottom Row: Vera at the Dan Ryan - Roosevelt encampment with a carload of items he is donating elsewhere in the city. A banner outside the encampment calls on Chicago Housing Authority to open up housing to those who need it. Hand sanitizer at the entrance to the encampment.
MPMENTS AROUND CHICAGO by Suzanne Hanney / photography by Kathleen Hinkel
DAN RYAN - ROOSEVELT
The Dan Ryan-Roosevelt encampment “has grown by leaps and bounds and is getting bigger as we speak,” said Ricardo Vera, a resident there and a vice president of the new Chicago Union of the Homeless. Roughly 50 people live in 42 tents just east of the Dan Ryan Expressway, from Roosevelt Road to Taylor Street. In the last two years, and especially the last six months, the encampment has grown close to capacity, Vera said. People cannot afford their rent or their landlords have shut them out and changed the locks. For some – dockworkers, beauticians, nail techs, construction – their jobs are gone. Dan Ryan-Roosevelt proved to be important homeless infrastructure when construction on the Jane Byrne interchange of the Dan Ryan Expressway threatened its existence last October. Residents protested, shouting, “Give us a home or leave us alone.” Illinois Department of Transportation officials later told StreetWise that given the onset of winter, the pandemic, and shelter capacity, IDOT would coordinate with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and the City of Chicago before any work began. People waiting to get into the encampment sleep in the doorways of adjacent businesses, Vera said. The encampment welcomes them with a tent and critical questions like, “Are you on drugs?” “Do you need any services?” “Do you want us to take you to Cook County Hospital for a checkup?” Tents and food are donated by the public and Vera has a car, so he is able to provide transportation. Vera is haunted by one person the encampment took in who only lived there about five months before he froze to death in the polar vortex of Feb. 15, 2020, when the wind chills were 30 and 50 below zero. Wayne
Warren was in his 70s, a Vietnam veteran who had been put out of a shelter because he had a bladder infection and was incontinent. “Wayne shouldn’t have been there, they should have taken him to [John H. Stroger Hospital of] Cook County,” Vera said. “Whether or not they could have treated it right there, at least they could have given him Depends so he could go back to [the shelter]. They just decided to turn their back on him and send him into the cold.” Warren declined camp leaders’ offer of a heater and died with his hand up in the air. “Christ received him at that moment, with his hand up in the air, frozen, just as if he was receiving keys to his apartment. That’s what motivated me to not have his name forgotten or his death in vain, what motivated me to be part of the Chicago Union of the Homeless.” Interviewed just before one of the January snowstorms, Vera said they were making sure everyone had heaters, propane, and handwashing necessities. The encampment does have port-a-potties and handwashing facilities, which Vera said they received late in the administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “Otherwise we would still have to turn to the businesses, which are not letting nobody in.” As part of its platform to get everyone out of encampments and abandoned buildings, the Chicago Union of the Homeless held a protest at the boarded-up rowhouses of the Cabrini-Green housing development. “We’re talking 400 apartments that have been vacant for over 10 years,” Vera said. “That’s uncalled for. To us, empty apartments means death. We’ve kicked the can down the road year after year. Mayor [Lori] Lightfoot ran on a platform that she would help the homeless. We’re going to hold her to that. We’re not going away.”
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BELMONT - KEDZIE
The Belmont-Kedzie homeless encampment has been a fixture under the Kennedy Expressway for at least 15 years, comprised largely of Hispanic and nonHispanic men and women. Before Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th ward) took office five years ago, the encampment was located on the north side of Belmont Avenue. Anti-homeless boxes and fences installed there, however, squeezed the space and so pedestrians and people using wheelchairs headed west to the CTA Blue Line complained, said Ramirez-Rosa. After a series of community conversations with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Avondale Neighborhood Association and the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, encampment residents themselves decided to move across the street to a triangular enclosure. “I view the residents of the encampment as residents of the 35th ward and I admire them for being organized,” Ramirez-Rosa said. “Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the residents of the encampment would attend local CAPS meetings to be sure that conversation was occurring between neighbors. Despite outward challenges and facing violence, they have been able to come together and organize themselves, work with neighborhoods, community groups, my office.” Moving to the enclosure has not protected the encampment. On July 13, fires broke out there just before 10 a.m. and again 20 minutes later, followed by a 12:30 p.m. fire at another encampment under the expressway at Diversey and California. On October 5, Belmont-Kedzie was the scene of another fire. According to the Chicago Police Department, the July incidents are being investigated by arson detectives, but the October one has been classified as non-criminal: a propane tank that exploded. Three fires in a short time, close to one another, has made encampment residents feel targeted and wary of arson, Ramirez-Rosa said. According to Block Club, Carlos Rivera saw two men dropping something off at the encampment and then he saw two tents aflame. A resident of the camp for about a year, he lost all his belongings and his cellphone and burned his hand. He had seen the two men around the encampment the day before.
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Rivera did not want to talk to a reporter in January, however. “We die and then we die,” he said. “We’ve really seen an outpouring of support from neighbors all across the northwest side and even out to Mount Greenwood, dropping off supplies after the fire destroyed almost all their tents,” RamirezRosa said. People in the community or driving by have given meals or items to keep residents warm. Ramirez-Rosa’s ward office has hosted drives to collect toiletries or other necessities. He also set up black garbage cans and weekly pickup through the Department of Streets and Sanitation. Esteban Burgoa is a nearly 30-year resident of the community who posted photos of the encampment fires on Facebook and who built a shower for them to use in summer. A veteran who was homeless for two years after his 2003 deployment, Burgoa lost his house and his business, lived in a warehouse and then took up truck driving. “I healed through Mother Nature, the water, the mountains, seeing the sunrise and the sunset.” Burgoa has brought food to the encampment, and in March and April he turned his real estate office into a sewing shop, with 12 volunteers on sewing machines helping him at one point. The result was 10,000 masks, triple-layered against wind and vapor with vinyl he had on hand, which he gave out to residents of the Belmont-Kedzie and Dan Ryan-Roosevelt encampments, to Pilsen and West Side low-income Latino and African American communities. “I wanted to be sure we save some lives and raise awareness.” Burgoa blames housing prices for the growth of the encampment. “In the 80s, somebody could buy a house in Logan Square for $68,000; now, it’s half a million at least. And it’s not $500, $600 rent anymore, putting a lot of people out on the street. I wish somebody could give property to give them housing, provide education. They want to work,” he said. Ramirez-Rosa would like to see Chicago raise the Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) on properties selling for over $1 million, which advocates say would raise over $100 million a year for housing. “We need more funding for affordable housing, particularly for people with little to no income.”
Top Row: The former location of the Belmont - Kedzie encampment, until fences were installed to eliminate space for tents. The current location on the south side of Belmont. Bottom Row: The makeshift shower by Esteban Burgoa. The triangular Belmont Kedzie encampment.
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UPTOWN
Port-a-potties and handwashing stations are the big change at the Uptown homeless community under the Lake Shore Drive bridges at both Lawrence and Wilson avenues since COVID-19, says Tom Gordon, the unofficial mayor. “Four years ago we couldn’t get washing stations or the port-a-potties,” Gordon said of the period when roughly 75 people living under the bridges were big news. Most of them found housing through a new chronically homeless pilot program run by the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS). The encampments were forced out in September 2017, when the Illinois Department of Transportation started repairs on the 1930s-era bridges – and installed bike lanes that advocates said were targeted toward shrinking the space available for tents, forcing them out. But after floating around the North Side, the encampments are back under the viaducts, albeit in reduced form: just 33 tents in all. Lawrence is full and city workers have told Gordon he cannot admit any more people, even if someone leaves. Wilson is at half-capacity. “People are here because they lost their jobs due to the pandemic,” he said. “We had new people out here almost every day. People come here because they figure they can get housed here.” Five housing placements have come via Ryan Spangler, a senior outreach worker and case worker at Heartland Alliance and a skilled assessor for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which coordinates placement into permanent supportive housing (see sidebar). Spangler also puts clients on the Chicago Housing Authority list, where they are prioritized because they are homeless. Spangler comes every Thursday, Gordon said, with Sylvia Hibbard, Street Medicine case manager with The Night Ministry. While Spangler is matching clients to housing, Hibbard makes sure they have the necessary documents: state ID, birth certificate and Social Security card required by housing providers. Another housing placement has come via Thresholds, Gordon said. In addition, city workers come monthly and bring a doctor. “Everyone down here has been tested for the virus; I’ve been tested four times.” Many things are different than they were before, he said. No more posted signs for “bogus displacement cleanups,” street cleaning that advocates termed harassment, intended to make the tent occupants feel so insecure that they would leave. Instead, the Department of Streets and Sanitation makes garbage pickup twice a week: on Mondays and again Friday or Saturday. “Everything changed with the virus,” Gordon said.
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ENCAMPMENT ASSISTANCE
The Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) Homeless Outreach and Prevention (HOP) program visits encampments daily to engage with the residents, provide them supplies and connect them to shelter and other support services. DFSS facilitates the outreach to unsheltered homeless people living near railroad tracks, bridges, the Chicago River, viaducts and alleys, Chicago Parks and CTA trains, while community-based organizations provide the wraparound services. “For example, if a resident in an encampment tells HOP they need substance abuse recovery help, the HOP team then will connect them with Featherfist, Haymarket, or another partner that specializes in the area,� said Quenjana Adams, DFSS director of public affairs. The Night Ministry Street Medicine team, for example, travels to encampments and panhandling sites all over the city; with Ryan Spangler, a senior outreach worker and caseworker at Heartland Alliance, a skilled assessor for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), it has found housing for people in various encampments, including three at the Lawrence Avenue viaduct over Lake Shore Drive, two at the Wilson viaduct, six at Belmont-Kedzie under the Kennedy Expressway and five at the Dan Ryan-Roosevelt encampment.
Top: An American flag on display at the Lawrence underpass on Lake Shore Drive. Second Row: Portrait of Tom Gordon, unofficial mayor of the encampment at the Lawrence underpass at Lake Shore Drive.
DFSS also funds eight agencies that operate daytime drop-in centers that offer meals, showers, laundry service and quiet safe places to homeless people.
A table has been set up for incoming donations.
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Henry Langston Long sits at the encampment under the Metra tracks at 51st and Wentworth. Insets: The 51st & Wentworth encampment.
51ST & WENTWORTH
Since the COVID pandemic began, the tent city at 51st Street and Wentworth Avenue has grown from fewer than 12 people to 50 people in an estimated 17 tents, says Johnny Bryant. Encampment residents talk among themselves about how to run the space east of the Dan Ryan Expressway and the 2nd District Chicago Police Department headquarters. “We the people of the encampment are stepping forward, doing what we have to do,” Bryant said. Passersby drop off tents they may have had in their basements, and the residents keep them on hand. If they put the word out, people will bring food – “a little of this, a little of that” -- anywhere from a few pieces of store-bought chicken, to pizza, as well as clothes, shoes, handwarmers, hats, coats and gloves, and enough blankets to give away. “We ain’t be thinking about ourselves. We think about the community. People sleep in doorways, in abandoned buildings. If they walk by and we are set up, we say ‘tell your friends and family. Don’t go looking.’” The encampment is primarily couples and singles, but no families, ranging in age from the 33-year-old Bryant, to a 75-yearold former veteran who does not receive benefits and isn’t sure
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why. Bryant, who is also secretary of the new Chicago Union of the Homeless, promised he would look into the vet’s benefits. Meanwhile, another volunteer from the homeless union helped Bryant get assessed for the housing waiting list at the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services Community Services Center at 10 S. Kedzie Ave. Bryant spends his afternoons at the Harold Washington Library at 400 S. State St., using the 3rd floor computers to search for warehouse or cashier jobs or to research empty buildings where the encampment might move. In particular, he wonders about the vacant former Crispus Attucks School at 3813 S. Dearborn St., which was closed by the Chicago Public Schools in 2008. In addition, the Francis Parkman elementary school at 245 W. 51st St., across the Dan Ryan bridge from the encampment, was one of nearly 50 schools closed by CPS in 2014. Bryant went to Wendell Phillips High School and since then has been an all-around go-to person. He volunteered in a food pantry and has helped his family, senior citizens, and various other people with tasks ranging from cleaning to moving. Sometimes he gets paid. He’s ready for a change. “Instead of talking, I want to give back to the community.”
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