ST. LOUIS 鈥 Dozens of people at a downtown homeless encampment were told to leave Monday as efforts were made to relocate them to a warehouse a few blocks away.
Push begins to move 51黑料 downtown homeless encampment to nearby warehouse
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"I'm doing a little re-engineering," says Andre Scruggs as he puts pieces of cardboard in the bottom of his tent for extra support as he moves into the new temporary shelter on Cole Street in 51黑料 on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. St. Patrick Center opened the shelter, which they are calling Camp Cole, on Monday. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com
Andre Scruggs walks through lines of tents in the new temporary shelter on Cole Street in 51黑料 on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. St. Patrick Center opened the shelter, which they are calling Camp Cole, on Monday. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com
Jeremy Verges rides a scooter through Interco Plaza off Tucker Boulevard where he lives in downtown 51黑料 on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Many living there say they are staying despite the opening of a temporary shelter at a nearby warehouse. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com
A private security guard with Blueline Security stands at the edge of a homeless encampment in Interco Plaza next to the St. Patrick Center on Tucker Boulevard waiting for police to arrive after the security guard called police to report an alleged assault he says he witnessed in the plaza on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The guard said Blueline Security had been "contracted" to remove the homeless from the public park on Monday but that the removal had been cancelled. Police arrived talked with the alleged victim of the assault, spoke with possible witnesses, and left without making an arrest. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Clockwise from left, Jeffery Bell, Michael White, Greg "G-rad" Hill and Carlos Walker all residents of the Interco Plaza off Tucker Boulevard in downtown 51黑料 play a game of cards on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. "You'll see us here playing cards at 5 o'clock," says Hill who has no intention of going to the new temporary shelter opened by the St. Patrick Center a few blocks away. Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com
The plan could trigger a city charter provision requiring a public vote on the deal.
