‘I am absolutely livid.’ Residents decry plan to turn Kenwood hotel into migrant shelter

Kenwood resident Doris Lewis blasts officials for their plans to house 300 migrants at the Lake Shore Hotel in Kenwood as Black neighborhoods have had to deal with disinvestment for decades. “I am absolutely livid, livid. You all are so hypocritical.” (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Kenwood residents passionately voiced their concerns over the city’s plan to turn the Lake Shore Hotel in the South Side neighborhood into a shelter for asylum-seekers during an often contentious community meeting Wednesday. 

Local Ald. Desmon Yancy (5th) was frequently forced to urge the standing-room only crowd at The Promontory in Hyde Park to let others talk and to refrain from shouting during the meeting.