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Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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The unending saga of the Albany Park day laborers has recently taken a turn for the better. After having their usual spot busted up in 2003, many of the laborers still meet across the street. But now there's another option: the recently opened Centro de Trabajo de Albany Park. Located on Elston away from the older spot at Argyle and Pulaski (as well as some of the other common spots on Lawerence), it aims to provide shelter and opportunities for the laborers. A great article about it in The Chicago Reporter gives all the details.

 
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