"The narratives in this book are the result of extensive oral history interviews with twenty-six men and women from Chicago, ... former public housing residents of Cabrini-Green, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, and Robert Taylor Homes, among others."--P. 25. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Plan for transformation after ten years / by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves. On plans and transformations / by Audrey Petty -- Dolores Wilson -- Dawn Knight -- Donnell Furlow -- Yusufu Mosley -- Eddie Leman -- Sabrina Nixon -- Paula Hawkins -- Sonovia Marie Petty -- Ashley Cortland -- Chandra Bell -- Tiffany Tucker -- Lloyd "Peter" Haywood -- Appendices. Timeline of housing and civil rights in Chicago ; The last tower / by Ben Austen ; High rise architecture / by D. Bradford Hunt ; Where are they now? / by the Chicago Housing Authority ; Plan for transformation after ten years / by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves.
Summary:
In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.
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