By Rebekah Frumkin
Chicago’s homeless struggle to survive the bitter cold in tents. Medill reporter Rebekah Frumkin spent time talking with residents of the Uptown Tent City, an encampment under Lake Shore Drive where 20 of Chicago’s roughly 125,000 homeless live.
Tent City resident Robert Zachowski shares his strategies for surviving the cold. (Rebekah Frumkin/MEDILL)
