1 / 14 First view of town as you come in from Chicago, just to the northPhoto: TJ Proechel 2 / 14 Houses that would be among the 150 or so razed if plans for a massive quarry proceedPhoto: TJ Proechel 3 / 14 The site where a 14-year-old girl was raped in 1991—a crime that went uninvestigated until last yearPhoto: TJ Proechel 4 / 14 Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff, in front of one of many abandoned houses that initially drew his concernPhoto: TJ Proechel 5 / 14 A former liquor store converted into a showcase of the town’s noteworthy pastPhoto: TJ Proechel 6 / 14 A display of Robbins’ first Police Detectives 1918 at Robbins history museumPhoto: TJ Proechel 7 / 14 Inside the Robbins History MuseumPhoto: TJ Proechel 8 / 14 Photo: TJ Proechel 9 / 14 A service at 92-year-old Wheeler Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchPhoto: TJ Proechel 10 / 14 The Cal-Sag Channel, which separates Robbins from ChicagoPhoto: TJ Proechel 11 / 14 The smokestack of the town’s defunct incinerator, once an economic enginePhoto: TJ Proechel 12 / 14 The home where Michael Worsham murdered his familyPhoto: TJ Proechel 13 / 14 Jerry and Quincy, members of the South Shore Drill team, practicing in front of Robbins Church of Christ of God in Christ.Photo: TJ Proechel 14 / 14 Photo: TJ Proechel
