AN abandoned “eyesore” boat in the Chicago River remains stuck, six months after officials began investigating it. The boat is overturned and grounded near the 2800 block of W Giddings Street. She used to be tied up, and in decent condition, but she has since flipped. “It’s bizarre we have...
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AN abandoned “eyesore” boat in the Chicago River remains stuck, six months after officials began investigating it.
The boat is overturned and grounded near the 2800 block of W Giddings Street.
She used to be tied up, and in decent condition, but she has since flipped.
“It’s bizarre we have this intrusion in the river and no one is taking care of it,” one of the boat’s neighbours told Book Club Chicago, which has been reporting on the situation.
“I don’t want to live with it, it’s like garbage, it’s a local curiosity at this point.”
A resident first called 3-1-1 about the boat in Sep, and the community has spoken to “at least five or six government agencies” about getting it removed, but the boat remains.
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