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After two years homeless, Alicia Sylvers and her son, Taylor, take in the view Wednesday from the front window of their new apartment on the Southwest Side.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNALSylvers, 33, and her son Taylor, 14, became homeless in October 2014 and, after again running out of nights at the Salvation Army emergency shelter for women and children in the spring, they slept on benches on Library Mall.
The volunteer Friends of State Street Family has teams of people who do street outreach, make and serve food, collect donations, and do special projects to help those without homes.
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