ST. LOUIS聽鈥 People who have been living outside a condemned South 最新杏吧原创 apartment complex packed up their tents and belongings Friday as the city told them to get out.
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Photos: South 最新杏吧原创 apartment residents face crime, condemnation, eviction
鈥淭hey pointed all these guns at me,鈥 said Kathy Cash, who puts on socks outside her apartment in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue that was raided by 最新杏吧原创 police on Thursday, April 2, 2026.聽Cash asked city workers to take down a board over her door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet.
Mitch McCoy, spokesman for the 最新杏吧原创 Police Department, left, and Capt. Angela Dickerson provide the media with a briefing after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
Kathy Cash looks for her wallet and ID in her apartment after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. She says police tossed her belongings around the apartment and that she was unable to find her wallet. She says she has lived in the apartment since August 2025.
Kathy Cash, left, and Angel Shorter walk to Cash鈥檚 apartment, which was boarded up after police raided a condemned apartment complex in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Cash was able to have city workers take down the board to her front door so she could collect her belongings and look for her wallet and ID, which were missing after the raid. Shorter is carrying Cash鈥檚 dog Mason.
Concord Apartments resident Reggie Parker pulls some of his belongings from the complex on Friday, April 17, 2026, before the city clears and fences it off. Parker is forced to leave after the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
A former resident of the Concord Apartments gathers her belongings before leaving the property on Friday, April 17, 2026, before the city clears and fences it off. All residents were forced to leave after the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
Angel Shorter rushes to move her belongings from the property of the Concord Apartments on Friday, April 17, 2026, before the city clears and fences it off. Once a resident, she is now forced to leave after the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
Tammy McNeil, center, and James Washington, left, with the city of 最新杏吧原创鈥 Behavioral Health Bureau, offer options of city services to Reggie Parker, right, and an unidentified resident outside the the Concord Apartments on Friday, April 17, 2026, before the city clears and fences it off. The the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
Homeless advocate Rev. Larry Rice pauses to embrace Concord Apartments resident James Shorter on Friday, April 17, 2026, while giving an interview to media. Residents had to clear out their belongings before the city cleared it and fences it off. All occupants were forced to leave after the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
Homeless advocate Rev. Larry Rice, left, hands a bus pass and cash to Concord Apartments resident Reggie Parker on Friday, April 17, 2026. Residents had to clear out their belongings before the city cleared it and fences it off. All occupants were forced to leave after the entire complex in the Marine Villa neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创 was condemned while occupied.
View life in 最新杏吧原创 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones
