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title: Moved to CWE again
date: 1995-09-01
week: 1121
location: 327 N Taylor
geo: [38.644844,-90.257619]
type: home
---

After Colleen was injured falling through a rotten porch stair that we’d already complained about, we sued the landlord[^suit] and found a much nicer place back in the CWE. It was only a block away from the [crack house](/logs/events/1992-pershing/) but on the nicer side of a gate and in a care-for building.

[^suit]: only for a few months of rent, which they settled for

It was the first time I really felt like I had my own home, and I put a lot of effort into building shelving and other low-cost improvements.

After not even a year, this building (the Marjeanette) was purchased by a new landlord who was impressed during inspection by how we’d improved our apartment. So they offered us a low-cost upgrade to a much bigger 2-bedroom. It was a big project to move an entertainment center I had built, but was worth the luxury of having an extra room.
