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Blue Tent Finally Removed From Loyola Park

Exclusive photo(left), taken by contributor George today at 1:30.

The Chicago Park District removed the makeshift tent from the pier at Pratt and the lake in Loyola Park yesterday, but stashed it in a trash can in the park until they could haul it away today.

It took the Park District nearly a week to remove the tent, which was hazardous to people walking or biking on the pier, and contained empty liquor and beer bottles, firewood and half a bag of charcoal (small photos 4/13/08).

Joe Moore did not go to the pier to investigate the tent, its contents or it origins.