Faces of Lawrence's foreclosure crisis

In Lawrence, a foreclosure crisis is uprooting families, destabilizing neighborhoods and shaking a local economy only beginning to recover from the real estate crash of the 1990s. Shown here, one of many empty lots in Lawrence where houses have been demolished.
In Lawrence, a foreclosure crisis is uprooting families, destabilizing neighborhoods and shaking a local economy only beginning to recover from the real estate crash of the 1990s.

Shown here, one of many empty lots in Lawrence where houses have been demolished.
(Globe Staff Photo / Thushan Amarasiriwardena)