Chicago Police respond as Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) (center) is allegedly assaulted as Brighton Park neighbors gathered in protest at the site of a proposed migrant tent camp at 38th Street and California Avenue on Oct. 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
CHICAGO — A protest over a proposed migrant tent camp turned heated, while one of this week’s most talked-about stories was the history into disappearing basketball courts on the Far South Side.
See what Block Club reporters captured while covering our neighborhoods this week.
Protesters yell at Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) at the site of a proposed migrant tent camp at 38th Street and California Avenue on Oct. 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoWorkers work on the site of a proposed migrant tent camp at 38th Street and California Avenue as Brighton Park neighbors gathered in protest on Oct. 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoBrighton Park neighbors gathered in protest at the site of a proposed migrant tent camp at 38th Street and California Avenue on Oct. 19, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Ongoing outbursts caused the audience to be cleared out as a special City Council meeting was called to consider, and eventually pass after protest and long debate, a resolution by Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) “condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel” on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoPro-Israel supporters yell as a special City Council meeting was called to consider, and eventually pass after protest and long debate, a resolution by Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th) “condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel” on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Recent Illinois Senior Olympics gold medalist Jason Ferguson poses for a portrait at his alma mater, Marshall Metro High School, in Garfield Park on Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoRecent Illinois Senior Olympics gold medalist Jason Ferguson poses for a portrait at his alma mater, Marshall Metro High School, in Garfield Park on Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Donato Colitto, 13, Elias Gray, 13, and Kristopher Strong, 12. Credit: Crystal Paul for Block Club ChicagoJahmal Cole, founder and CEO of youth social action organization My Hood, My Block, My City.
Credit: Crystal Paul/Block Club Chicago
Police Supt. Larry Snelling poses for a portrait at the Police Department Headquarters in Bronzeville on Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoPolice Supt. Larry Snelling is silhoutted against the window as he poses for a portrait at the Police Department Headquarters in Bronzeville on Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
WHPK’s program director, Alex Tao (left), and former station manager Christian Bird in the station’s Hyde Park studio. Credit: Noah Glasgow/Block Club Chicago
312 Tenants Union lead organizer Megan Franklin (in pink) knocks on the window of 312 Property Management’s South Loop headquarters as her neighbor, Ebone McCall (far right), looks on. A 312 staffer is seen ignoring Franklin as she knocks. Credit: Maxwell Evans/Block Club Chicago
An OEMC team member distributes food and water to newly arrived migrants in the South Loop on Oct. 6, 2023. Credit: Alex V. Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
Carlos Luque is the unofficial manager of the small tent village at the Edna White Garden. In Venezuela, he worked in construction and taught himself English online. At the garden, his English proficiency has put him in a position to help situate new arrivals, distribute supplies and advocate for the asylum seekers. Credit: Crystal Paul/Block Club Chicago
The front porch of of a Roscoe Village home on Oct. 16, 2023, after someone set fire to the front porch decorations. Credit: Alex V. Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
The basement at Greater Goods Community Thrift store at 6025 W. Irving Park Road, seen Oct. 12, 2023, stocks vintage kitchenware, holiday decor, furniture and more. Credit: Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago
Austin children and artist Dwight White pose in front of BUILD Inc.’s new mural at the organization’s West Side headquarters. Credit: Trey Arline/Block Club Chicago
A yellow Stingray car sits parked in Bronzeville on Oct. 17, 2023. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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