Tent camp on the Northwest Side is at the center of a battle over homelessness

Nicole Foster says her children no longer can go to their Northwest Side neighborhood park because she fears for their safety. After a rapid rise in the number of tents sheltering homeless people there this summer, Foster says her 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son are steering clear of Gompers Park, a 42-acre sanctuary at Foster Avenue and Pulaski Road.

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