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Storied Standard Club latest to house asylum-seekers The shuttered club near the Dirksen Federal Building is being used to house 761 migrants now and up to 1,200 in the coming months.
Some people working near the Federal Building downtown Chicago said they feel blindsided after learning the former Standard Club is now being used as a temporary shelter to house migrants.
Because of his conviction, Ali had been stripped of his boxing titles. The Chicago Sun-Times’s Fran Spielman reported in May the former Standard Club would be used to house at least 760 migrants.
As 40,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago in less than two years, a Tribune analysis of crime data shows the impact of migrants has been mostly felt in nonviolent offenses, particularly driv… ...
A number of residents on Chicago’s South Side voiced objections to a proposal put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson seeking to open a temporary migrant shelter in the neighborhood. “He don’t ...
At last count on April 26, the Standard Club shelter downtown had 900 people living there. CBS Chicago asked the city if they still plan to relocate those hundreds of people elsewhere.
Migrants’ mental health in Chicago is a looming crisis Support groups are trying to address obstacles to care that include language barriers and a persistent shortage of mental health workers.
City officials confirmed Friday that migrant shelters at the Standard Social Club and the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel have closed.
The former Standard Club in Chicago's Loop was closed as a shelter for new arrivals, causing nearby businesses to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars due to a rise in crime and crowding on the ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pulling a proposal to build a new migrant shelter on Canal Street on the city's South Side.
The Standard Club property isn’t subject to a labor dispute. The city’s decision-making regarding how to house migrants recently sent to Chicago has proven to be sticky and controversial.
The former Standard Club in Chicago’s Loop was closed as a shelter for new arrivals, causing nearby businesses to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars due to a rise in crime and crowding on … ...