- Swift Mansion Tenants Say Owners Illegally Evicted Them Before Massive Fire; Nine people had been living at the historical mansion, where the second floor had been converted into a single-room occupancy building, two tenants said. Officials are investigating the Sunday fire as arson, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 11/29/23
- Arson investigation underway after fire breaks out at Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion: police, Maher Kawash, ABC7 News Chicago, 12/4/23
- Gutted by fire, the fate of Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion remains in limbo; The fire is under investigation, but the 131-year-old home’s survival could rest with the results of a structural report now being prepared by city building inspectors, Lee Bey, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/4/23
- Tenants say they were illegally evicted days before Swift Mansion fire; The owner planned to renovate the top two floors to create space to house migrants, according to a lawsuit. But a blaze broke out in a back stairwell before the work could begin, tenants and owners say, David Struett, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/4/23
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