{"id":24009,"date":"2016-01-14T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=24009"},"modified":"2016-01-14T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T23:08:19","slug":"uptown-homeless-endure-cold-in-tent-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/uptown-homeless-endure-cold-in-tent-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Uptown homeless endure cold in tent city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rebekah Frumkin <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Chicago\u2019s 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\u2019s roughly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagohomeless.org\/faq-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\">125,000 homeless<\/a> live.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Tent City Homeless Endure Cold Weather\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/151836972?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Tent City resident Robert Zachowski shares his strategies for surviving the cold. (Rebekah Frumkin\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebekah Frumkin Chicago\u2019s homeless struggle to survive the bitter cold in tents. 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