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Originally designated as a social science research project by the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago. The Riverdale neighborhood extends from the Calumet River in the north to 138th Street in the south, and from Indiana Ave. in the west to the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the east. Over half of Riverdale's area is made up of the water reclamation plant, rail yards, landfills and industrial sites. In addition to these industrial usages, the community area houses a number of residential neighborhoods. | Originally designated as a social science research project by the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago. The Riverdale neighborhood extends from the Calumet River in the north to 138th Street in the south, and from Indiana Ave. in the west to the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the east. Over half of Riverdale's area is made up of the water reclamation plant, rail yards, landfills and industrial sites. In addition to these industrial usages, the community area houses a number of residential neighborhoods. | ||
− | It's safe to say the social experiment failed. Numerous economic hardships have taken their toll on the residents of the various 'projects' that make up the neighborhoods housing and crime runs unchecked through the streets. Golden Gate park is the areas only really notable feature and even locals wouldn't be caught there after dark. The only people who still live in Riverdale are those who can't afford to leave and the truly desperate. | + | It's safe to say the social experiment failed. Numerous economic hardships have taken their toll on the residents of the various 'projects' that make up the neighborhoods housing and crime runs unchecked through the streets. Golden Gate park is the areas only really notable feature and even locals wouldn't be caught there after dark. The only people who still live in Riverdale are those who can't afford to leave and the truly desperate.<br> |
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+--------------------------------+ Riverdale +---------------------------------+ Originally designated as a social science research project by the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago. The Riverdale neighborhood extends from the Calumet River in the north to 138th Street in the south, and from Indiana Ave. in the west to the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the east. Over half of Riverdale's area is made up of the water reclamation plant, rail yards, landfills and industrial sites. In addition to these industrial usages, the community area houses a number of residential neighborhoods. It's safe to say the social experiment failed. Numerous economic hardships have taken their toll on the residents of the various 'projects' that make up the neighborhoods housing and crime runs unchecked through the streets. Golden Gate park is the areas only really notable feature and even locals wouldn't be caught there after dark. The only people who still live in Riverdale are those who can't afford to leave and the truly desperate. Marks of territory. Scents. There are certainly wolves about, and there's not much mistaking the subtle sigils and the sharper scent of Uratha piss. Izi Zagu'iri. Literally: Fire winnows the (large/important) city. The pack staking its claim and boldly pronouncing its intentions. There are at least four leaving scents and patrolling. Three female, one male. A few passes along the edges of the marked territory and he can find the area that seems to have the most concentrated scent - a run down little house with a small, but lush, yard in Riverdale. It's got a black security fence, instead of, say, chainlink. The whole area just -feels- wrong. He's certain there are signs of the Pure working with another group, but he can't place who it might be.
After a while of watching, a scrawny looking woman with raggedly cut black hair, wearing ratty jeans and a conspicuously stained wifebeater. Scars adorn her left arm - ragged, potentially from claws. Hunting up a rumpled pack of cigarettes, she shakes one out of the soft pack and lights it up, taking a big drag after the smaller puffs to cherry it.
The scent of the smoke is minty, but cheap. Generic menthols. The yard is well kept, the grass softly shaggy with small wild flowers allowed to take over a fair bit of it. white, yellow, purple, small blossoms nestled in the green.
But he IS relentless. Distance gained is lost, her huge urshul paws digging running-spike claws deep into soft grasses and earth or scraping on concrete for purchase as she desperately tries to shake her pursuer. The signs of the fight written deep into muscle and sinew.
Only at the end does he reach a sprint. When Bhu-uhur meli begins to tire, he darts forward with a speed he had not before shown, the growl as he leaps silenced when his jaws close around her throat. He feels her collapse and begin to shift as his fangs tear at ther throat, but he does not relent. The Blood Talon rears up, shaking his prey until he feels the horrid sound of her spine snapping. Only then does he drop her lifeless body to throw back his head and howl at the moon. |