Why Chicagos Worst Public Housing Project became a National Disgrace

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Cabrini-Green, the public housing complex once infamous nationwide as a symbol of crime and urban blight, has been slowly demolished over the past two decades. African American residents were scattered around the city, replaced by new retail and sleek condos for wealthier taxpayers. At one time, the crime-ridden complex was home to 15,000 people. The Neighborhood was near the North Community Area. Formerly Swede Town or Little Sicily and then Little Hell, the site of the Cabrini-Green public housing complex was notorious in the early twentieth century for its inhabitants poverty and dilapidated buildings.

Chapters
00:00 The public housing unit infamous for crime
02:31 Immigrants that inhabited Goose Island
03:59 Little Hell is bulldozed to make room for Cabrini Green
05:20 The opening of Cabrini Green
06:37 The homes targeted veterans of WWII
07:40 CHA assigning tenants to housing based upon race
08:29 The Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority suit
10:09 Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne moved into Cabrini-Green
10:28 Marion Stamps organized strikes and protests
11:56 chaotic New Years Eve celebrations
12:56 Chicago police patrolman were shot and killed
13:45 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
15:53 The legacy of Cabrini-Green in pop culture.
16:42 Closing: Problems with public housing

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