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McKinley Park residents love their namesake park and affordable neighborhood. But they are fighting the city over an asphalt plant they say is ruining its charm.


McKinley Park residents love their namesake park and affordable neighborhood. But they are fighting the city over an asphalt plant they say is ruining its charm.
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Theresa McNamara, chair of the Southwest Environmental Alliance, adjusts an effigy of Ald. George Cardenas, 12th, before a protest across the street from the MAT Asphalt plant in Chicago s McKinley Park, May 15, 2021.
Some mornings, the smell seeping inside Jackie Montesdeoca’s home is so bad it wakes her up. She calls 311 or the Department of Public Health or the 12th Ward office. She tells them she can’t open her windows, and she can’t take her 1-year-old daughter, Ava, outside for a walk. ....

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Low-income housing near McKinley Park asphalt plant on cusp of approval


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A proposed low-income housing project next to a controversial McKinley Park asphalt plant moved closer to getting city approval even as some of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s top advisers have opposed it.
At the urging of Ald. George Cardenas (12th), the City Council’s zoning committee voted 11-3 to approve a restoration project of two historic buildings, including one for low-income residential, on Pershing Road across from McKinley Park. The two buildings were built over a century ago for the Central Manufacturing District.
The project, which includes 120 affordable apartments, seemed to be in limbo last August when Chicago Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara said the city would not help fund it because of its proximity to the asphalt plant and concern about its impact on residents’ health. At the time, Novara said other City Hall officials also were concerned about the environmental and health impacts related to the plant and said an internal city ....

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Race in Chicago: Organizations Seek Environmental Justice


Updated on March 5, 2021 at 9:45 pm
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Air quality and its impact on the health of Chicago residents differs vastly between neighborhoods, according to a 2020 study published by the city.
The study showed air pollution contributes to more chronic health conditions, including asthma, in the west and south sides of the city. Community members who live in the most impacted areas said decades of city policies have contributed to environmental racism.
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Cheryl Johnson grew up in Altgeld Gardens on the city’s Far South Side. The housing complex was established for African American veterans of World War II.  But through the years it has been labeled the “toxic doughnut, due to a high concentration of hazardous waste sites nearby. ....

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