tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post4974902380066687173..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Men's Shelter At Lawrence & Sheridan To Close July 31 Due To Budget Impasse (Updated 1x)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-45134585613159412302016-12-13T09:55:00.441-06:002016-12-13T09:55:00.441-06:00Hey ! I met this man ( a nice Gentleman ) , and I ...Hey ! I met this man ( a nice Gentleman ) , and I am helping Him start up a New Business … Would Any of You like to HELP ? If you would like to Help & Pitch in here is the link : <br /><br />http://www.gofundme.com/2cv3ex73 REXX_RAZZORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858914388033212904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-4694048228788350282016-07-02T12:10:06.445-05:002016-07-02T12:10:06.445-05:00Would you mind naming them?Would you mind naming them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-16659666540245408452016-07-02T09:49:25.771-05:002016-07-02T09:49:25.771-05:00BTW, there is a whole layer of government-funded s...BTW, there is a whole layer of government-funded social service agency work that is hidden in this problem. We often look to the ultimate housing / shlelter agencies as the problem. But, there a whole layer of agencies above them that are paid by the government, i.e. you taxpayers, to find housing placements for the hard to place. It is those agencies that are using Uptown as their "go-to" community to place these people. It is much easier to keep placing them in one community with a mass of shelters and tiny apartments than it is for them to work harder to cast a net to find housing placements across the entire city. They constantly call to monintor and fill any housing vacancies that arise whenever Uptown has an opening. They cause the concentration of hard to place ex-cons, sex offenders, parolees, and dangerously mentally ill into Uptown. They are as responsible for where these people live as are the activist group that created tent city under the LSD viaducts. Without them, all these troubled people would not choose to concentrate themselves in one part of the city. These placement agencies are like ghosts in the process and they need to be identified and held accountable for what they do to Uptown. After all, they are paid by you, the taxpayers. Uptown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046907325417364274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-28436708456202802012016-07-02T09:35:10.088-05:002016-07-02T09:35:10.088-05:00Anyone remember the "good ole' days"...Anyone remember the "good ole' days" when this shelter and a few others in that same immediate area housed over 70 sex offenders and the police did nothing to track their whereabouts when they went missing from their registered address into the bowels of Uptown.. Talk about concentration and total service agency disregard for the neighborhood. They won't be missed. <br /><br />BTW, I actually did a work day there for my employer, who was assigned to that charity by United Way. The upper floors were a complete fire trap with boxes, and boxes, and boxes of clothes and other materials stacked sky high. There are no sprinkles. Does the fire department ever inspect these housing sites or do they just do a cursory review of their licenses and look around the first floor? Uptown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046907325417364274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-71318494027728681922016-07-01T12:15:51.678-05:002016-07-01T12:15:51.678-05:00Uptown is near the top in drug crime because it is...Uptown is near the top in drug crime because it is at the top in flop houses and drug rehab housing centers where private companies make money off of government funding. Homeless people need services, no question. But there has to be a way to keep the gangs and drugs from becoming such an integral part. Now please shut down those places around Argyle and Kenmore so Argyle can have a chance to flourish. Jorge Chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10381662455435284853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-28135991094099490972016-07-01T12:15:20.477-05:002016-07-01T12:15:20.477-05:00Close it down. Uptown has more than its share of ...Close it down. Uptown has more than its share of shelters and subsidized housing. Too much of a concentration of this in one area only breeds crime. PBC needs to be renovated (at least the part I had to go in)and get tenants in that will take care of the place and add value to the community. I had to go there to vote and the place was a complete sh*t hole. I did not feel safe going in to vote and no security was present. Shelters and subsidized housing need to be held to a high standard and ensure their clients are law abiding citizens that are working with agencies to improve their unfortunate circumstances.Uptown1971https://www.blogger.com/profile/10622026063394801879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-4571036185387455092016-07-01T11:43:12.113-05:002016-07-01T11:43:12.113-05:00The shelter is only one tenant that rents space in...The shelter is only one tenant that rents space in the Preston Bradley Center. There are other tenants, including People's Church and Uptown Arts Center. However, certainly the loss of a large tenant in the PBC will be a huge blow to the budget of the building.Kate Uptownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879015024297313797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-55637125580691104652016-07-01T10:48:13.647-05:002016-07-01T10:48:13.647-05:00That's exactly the case at Pacific Garden. You...That's exactly the case at Pacific Garden. You are forced to endure four sermons a day: an hour-long one before each meal and a 90-minute one before showering and bedtime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195978678110432156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-9236730411668373962016-07-01T10:46:27.756-05:002016-07-01T10:46:27.756-05:00Couldn't agree more with you here. Flop house...Couldn't agree more with you here. Flop houses are a huge draw for the drug dealers/users. They need real and enforced standards, or they should be closed down. Think back to when 1350 Wilson was an unregulated flop house (pre Baker and Nosh). That whole block was ghetto to the max. Tahoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031645302485821759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-18370633532551857702016-07-01T09:43:02.393-05:002016-07-01T09:43:02.393-05:00What will happen to the building? Are their other...What will happen to the building? Are their other programs in that facility that will continue?Uptown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046907325417364274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-70852943498247140102016-06-30T18:43:53.960-05:002016-06-30T18:43:53.960-05:00The CPD just arrested a bunch of gang bangers and ...The CPD just arrested a bunch of gang bangers and they listed shelters as their "address." This is why the area is teeming with crime. Need to close down these services.Liannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825878578990955489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-67720426407808135922016-06-30T13:38:34.733-05:002016-06-30T13:38:34.733-05:00I'd be interested to know if this was one of t...I'd be interested to know if this was one of the shelters that some homeless say is dangerous because of crime inside. If people don't feel safe going there, there is no reason for it to exist. IMO all city shelters should be run by the city with tax payer dollars with supportive services on site and no sermons to sit through before you get some food in your belly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-33589036709597375712016-06-30T12:37:05.290-05:002016-06-30T12:37:05.290-05:00Didn't the State just pass a budget?Didn't the State just pass a budget?Liannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825878578990955489noreply@blogger.com