As work on the Obama Presidential Center progresses, South Shore residents and organizers call on city for protection
CHICAGO — Alvyn Walker has lived in the South Shore neighborhood for around 40 years, since he moved to the United States from Liberia. Now he lives with his elderly mother in a home that’s been in his family for almost as long, housing his aunts, grandmother, cousins and brother at one point or another. But since plans for the Obama Presidential Center began, Walker has been worried his ...
by Jade Yan, Chicago Tribune
Nov 15, 2021
2 minutes
CHICAGO — Alvyn Walker has lived in the South Shore neighborhood for around 40 years, since he moved to the United States from Liberia.
Now he lives with his elderly mother in a home that’s been in his family for almost as long, housing his aunts, grandmother, cousins and brother at one point or another.
But since plans for the Obama Presidential Center began, Walker has been worried
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