CHICAGO — A Chicago Housing Authority senior housing complex on the Near West Side was evacuated overnight, and its residents relocated, after a water main break inside the building.
Chicago police say a pipe burst just after 1 a.m. Sunday in the basement of Patrick Sullivan Apartments, located in the 1600 block of West Madison Street, right by the United Center. Chicago police and firefighters responded to the scene, knocking on doors and telling residents they should leave.
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Many residents were able to pack up their belongings and got on CTA buses that dropped them off at The Congress Plaza Hotel on Michigan Avenue. Paramedics took two people, ages 70 and 84, to the hospital for evaluation.
Patrick Sullivan Apartments is a 479-unit, 23-story senior building with about 100 residents…