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demolition

Posted inEnvironment

Cook County Jail Demolition: Five Fast Facts

by Leslie Hurtado and City Bureau December 2, 2021December 17, 2021

ongtime La Villita resident Natividad Martinez wakes up every morning to tend to her plants just outside her front door. But by 7 a.m., she said, dust from the demolition of two Cook County Jail dormitories about a mile east forces her back inside as her eyes begin to flare up. She boils fresh chamomile […]

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