Streets

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  Unfinished Construction

  Mother: Whitney H

  
  

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  Abandoned Lot

  Mother: Whitney H

  "This lot is unsafe because this is a body-dumping lot. People kill people and just dump the bodies over there. In the past four years there’s been three or four bodies that’s been found in that lot."

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  Blood on the Street

  Mother: Whitney H

  "This is Saturday morning at about 7:30.  I get to the 61 bus stop and I didn’t even pay attention that I was getting ready to step in it.  There’s puddles… puddles!  This person lost a lot of blood because it’s been almost ten hours and it’s still out in puddle.  Somebody’s kid could have fallen in that, touched it, anything.  I don’t think the cops were there, because I know they would have had yellow tape around it or something."

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  The Neighborhood

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Street with empty lots

  Mother: Crystal R

  Criminals will drop their guns, drop stuff that the cops are looking for, or hide in the brush ‘cause it’s so big. So either we bug the city or they take up block collection and have somebody come and cut the brush. Because it’s not safe.  You walking down the street and a guy could pull you in there.

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  Our garden

  Mother: Melanie H

  I’m the block captain of this block. If anyone on this block needs brooms, the shovels that we have, we get them from the city. Just take care of it. And use it. Last year they gave us flowers and everything to plant. Everybody has a garden now.

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  Graffiti

  Mother: Omunique P
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  Dirt Lot

  Mother: Omunique P