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In 2016-2017, Calumet lost more than 1,000 people, approximately a third of its population, when the city government abruptly closed the West
Calumet Housing Complex after it became public that soil samples from the complex contained more than 90,000 parts per million of lead. Although the
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Calumet Day, which has been held since 1994. The neighborhood is also home to the Carmelite Home for Girls, an orphanage established in 1913 by
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oil refinery to the east. The neighborhood's residential boundaries correspond to
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