Some North Side residents say they are seeing more human waste in parks, sidewalks and streets, and that the city is doing little about it.
ROGERS PARK — Rogers Park resident Tracy Fox was stunned recently when a woman lowered her pants at a neighborhood playground and relieved herself in public view.
“It was very disturbing to me,” said Fox, who has lived in Rogers Park for six years. “I was reflecting on it later and was thinking this person doesn’t feel like they can go somewhere and feel welcome to use the bathroom.”
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The lack of restrooms is a top concern for Chicago residents without homes, said Melissa Castillo West, a staff attorney with the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness. Other metropolitan areas around the world have shown the problem can be solved, she said.
“You travel to a place like Hong Kong and Paris and you see there are cities of comparable size that have figured it out,” West said. “It just takes coordinated effort and investment.”
