Tuesday, January 30, 2007
* A Virtual Tour of the Morse Avenue Hell Hole
The 1400 block to be exact. CAPS beat 2431. Right under the blue light camera. We start at Soo Liquors, the-packaged liquor goods store, a store that continues to plague the neighborhood.
Has the quality of life improved since the installation of the blue light camera? Has DevCorp North made this a vibrant shopping area since it's Special Service Area #24 tax levy tax, it force fed on the community?
Katy Hogan at a CAPS meeting (and who has a office across the street) says, 'it's invisible." Other business right near there asked, " if it was fake?"
Well, let's see. Click the You-Tube video to find out.
Notice the big stain on the sidewalk in front of Soo liquors. The gated up windows next door. The empty storefronts all around. The missing tree. The Special Service Area #24 ugly planters. The broken beer bottles. The overall garbage. The lack of attention at the CTA el stop.
And most importantly.... 'Where's Alderman Moore?'
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Now this is what I call a documentary.
Here's a little history from Sandy Goldman called, and that's my opinion.
Morse Avenue.
The soul-wrenching sadness of the narrator of this short film came through clearly.
The recurring visual motif of the ever-present blocky, concrete "planters" convinced me they were a metaphor.
You should send this film in to rogerspark.com and YoChicago.
I found it poignant as well and brimming with disappointment. And it's just the very tip of the iceberg.
Why not just put on some gloves and pick up the glass instead of waiting for Streets and San or the Building owners to deal with it. The challenge is that unless you bother the Alderman and the local Streets and San Office, a warning will not be generated. I have generated one or two of those warnings. Has anyone else really tried? Just call 311, ask for the Ward's Streets and San direct number, take down the date, time and the name of the official. Follow up, when necessary. However, for the light lifting, I have lived here a while and Streets and San did not usually do as much except before elections. It was always the store owner or neighbors. The film is cute, but documenting and not doing is limited. Of course, calling 911 in the previous clip was more affirmative.
In my humble, having family who lived here in the 30s and 40s, we have old color films of RP. The garbage was still there, different decade, but in some areas, it was known that people picked up for themselves. That is what they do in the suburbs, why not in RP?
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