Protestors who were occupying the site of a planned luxury apartment high-rise in Uptown were removed by police Wednesday, with some detained and issued citations, organizers and police said.
Activists had set up a camp last week in the former parking lot of Weiss Memorial Hospital near Clarendon and Wilson avenues in an effort to halt construction of the 12-story, 314-unit building. They want the city to deny permits for the project and instead provide more affordable housing for the area or expand the hospital.
