Photos: The Trouble with Robbins

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First view of town as you come in from Chicago, just to the north
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Houses that would be among the 150 or so razed if plans for a massive quarry proceed
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The site where a 14-year-old girl was raped in 1991—a crime that went uninvestigated until last year
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Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff, in front of one of many abandoned houses that initially drew his concern
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A former liquor store converted into a showcase of the town’s noteworthy past
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A display of Robbins’ first Police Detectives 1918 at Robbins history museum
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Inside the Robbins History Museum
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A service at 92-year-old Wheeler Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
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The Cal-Sag Channel, which separates Robbins from Chicago
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The smokestack of the town’s defunct incinerator, once an economic engine
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The home where Michael Worsham murdered his family
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Jerry and Quincy, members of the South Shore Drill team, practicing in front of Robbins Church of Christ of God in Christ.
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Photos of homes, lives, industry, and history in the troubled town of Robbins, Illinois. To read more about the town, visit chicagomag.com/robbins

December 1, 2014, 11:39 am

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