As Chicago prepares for another influx of migrants over the holidays, Portage Park residents reacted Monday night to plans for a temporary migrant shelter opening next month in a local church building. The temporary shelter will open in the former St. Bartholomew Catholic School building at 4910 W. Addison St. The school closed earlier this year. An agreement to open the shelter at St. .
The former St. Bartholomew School could be the first of many empty Archdiocese of Chicago properties to be converted into new arrival shelters in the coming weeks, city and church officials said.