In Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, the bright colors and flashy décor on the main drag entice tourists to step inside a restaurant to eat authentic Chinese dim sum or buy kitschy souvenirs in the stores that line S. Wentworth Avenue. Less than a block away from the busy storefronts of Cermak Avenue, a dark alley cluttered with graffitied trash bins as far as the eye can see tries to obscure the darker realities of city life. Plants are placed lovingly on the rickety platforms of some fire escapes to soak up the day's sunlight, but what secrets lurk in this ignored passageway once night falls?