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The Public Safety Building at 501 N. 9th St. in Downtown has served as a cold weather overflow shelter for the homeless for the last four years.

The Public Safety Building at 501 N. 9th St. in Downtown has served as a cold weather overflow shelter for the homeless for the last four years.

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New city shelter for the homeless?

For the past four winters, men and women who lack shelter have streamed into the shabby and increasingly vacant Public Safety Building near City Hall to spend the night when temperatures fall below 40 degrees.