| Description |
279 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The voice of witness series
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Voice of witness.
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| Note |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Vital neighborhoods / by Alex Kotlowitz -- 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 ; 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. |
| Subject |
Public housing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
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Public housing. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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History. |
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Poor -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews.
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Poor. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Poor -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Petty, Audrey.
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| ISBN |
1938073371 |
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9781938073373 |
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