Cynthia Warner, 56, lives in a tent alongside the Chicago River on a long vacant parcel of land between Harrison Street and the River City condominiums. Construction crews on Monday began fencing off the east half of the property along Wells Street for what is expected to be a new luxury apartment development. Then on Tuesday, somebody from the city posted yellow “Off-Street Cleaning” notices on the trees besides the tent city where Warner and maybe 20 others have been camped through the winter. Warner and the other homeless people believe the...
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