Programs and Services

MURAL

In October 2022, SSA#73 commissioned a mural behind Allen Lee Square at 23rd and South Wentworth Avenue.  The mural is entitled “Lucky Wall” and was designed and painted by artist Yuen Tung Liu.

Ms. Liu was born in Hong Kong, and immigrated to Chicago where she graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio in 2020.  She calls this “Lucky Wall” to promote luck within Chinatown, and incorporates symbols of luck in her design.

GARBAGE COLLECTION

As of February 1, 2020, garbage collection from the ten red garbage cans that were installed by the SSA has resumed through December 31, 2020 with the following schedule:

Jan./ Feb./ Mar./ Apr./ Nov./ Dec. : 4 times a week. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays
May/Jun./Jul./Aug./Sep./Oct. : 4 times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday).
LANDSCAPING
As of April 2023, the Chinatown SSA has provided landscaping services along Wentworth Avenue:

For 2017-2019, the Chinatown SSA provided the following services:

  • Powerwashing sidewalks
  • Street cleaning and garbage removal

  • Snow removal (accumulations above 2 inches)
  • Forty Welcome to Chinatown Banners (installed June 2019)

  • Repainting dragon lanterns (2019)

  • String Lights in Allen Lee Square (2019)

  • Gaming tables in Allen Lee Square and by the library (2019)

2021 Budget:

SSA73_2021_Budget_for_Ordinance

2020 Budget:

SSA73_2020_Final_for_Ordinance

2019 Budget:

3. FINAL 2019 Budget Work Plan

2018 Budget:

SSA73_Chinatown_2018_Budget_for PH_Ordinance – revised 10.12.17