For the past year, sociologist Greg Scott had been bringing you stories about the junkies, prostitutes, drug dealers and thieves that made their home in a brick salvage yard on Chicago’s far west side for the series The Brickyard. Greg has captured their struggle to reconcile their past lives with their current addictions. Greg reflects on life at The Brickyard.

Music Button: Barrett Martin, “Firefly”, from the CD Zenga, (Fast Horse recordings)