Overview

• Park District crews tore down most riverfront structures at Legion Park in North Park, where roughly 15 to 20 people had been living.
• DFSS said five people accepted shelter placements during the operation, while others declined.
• Officials said repeated fires at the site prompted the action, with three responses this summer and five this year.
• The city will allow tents in other areas of the park but will remove and prohibit structures along the riverbank because of safety hazards.
• Residents and advocates criticized short notice and limited housing assistance, and the move continues a pattern of encampment clearings in the 39th Ward.