Chicago’s residential high-rises and senior citizen buildings have ten days to establish “cooling centers in enclosed common areas” to give sweltering residents a crisp refuge when the heat index reaches 80 degrees.
The City Council made certain of it on Wednesday by approving an ordinance championed by Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) aimed at preventing a repeat of the tragedy that occurred at James Sneider Apartments, 7450 N. Rogers Ave. in Hadden’s Rogers Park ward.
