Home Under the Overpass: What the Chocolate Factory Tells Us About Displacement - The Chicago Reporter

Home Under the Overpass: What the Chocolate Factory Tells Us About Displacement - The Chicago Reporter

Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where Desplaines Street meets Hubbard, is an informal encampment residents call the “Chocolate Factory.”  Jeremy Holomshek, better known as Elmo, is a 43-year veteran of the streets who has faced a lifetime of displacement. “Foster care, boys’ homes… I got tired. Took to […] The post Home Under the Overpass: What the Chocolate Factory Tells Us About Displacement appeared fi…