East-side residents on late night block parties: ‘We don’t want this in our backyard’

Like many longtime homeowners on his block in the city’s Pioneer Park neighborhood, John Brooks’ lawn is a point of pride and a symbol of the care put into maintaining his home.”I cut my grass, I water my grass, I fertilize it and I don’t want nobody coming through trying to tear it up just because they want to party,” said Brooks, who lives on the 1600 block of East Adams Street.But, this task and maintaining peace of mind have been made difficult in recent […]