Seniors, some with disabilities, are not able to use the elevators in the Chicago Housing Authority building they call home.
The Fannie Emanuel Apartments, a 181-unit high-rise for seniors, is located at 3916 W. Washington Blvd. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. One of the residents shared a video taken last Wednesday, showing several seniors sitting in the lobby —many in wheelchairs, and one a double amputee.
The reason they were all sitting in the lobby and not in their apartments was that neither of the elevators for the building was working…