Cabrini Green

Public Housing Demolition Lowered Crime, But Not For Everyone

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Section 8, Chicago Housing Authority, Henry Horner Homes, Public Housing, Ceasefire Illinois, Hope-Vi, Cabrini Green, Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, Housing and Urban Development, Chicago News

Chicago's decade-long effort to move people out of its infamous public housing towers and into low-rise neighborhoods has long produced divided reacti...

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Urban Initiatives Soccer Program Aims To Keep Kids In Tough Chicago Schools On Track

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Chicago Non-Profits, Byrd Academy, Chicago Housing Authority, Troy-Cameron-Chicago, Chicago Schools, Soccer, Womenoncall, Urban-Initiatives, Cabrini Green, Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, Morton School of Excellence, Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts, Chicago News

"Everybody in Cabrini knew Troy," said 13-year-old Thomas Durr, an eighth grader at Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts. "He had his act together, h...

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CHA's New Head Announced Amid Vacancy Dustup

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Housing Initiative, Public Housing, Rahm Emanuel, Lathrop Homes, City Credit Cards, Chicago Public Housing, Charles Woodyard Chicago, Cabrini Green, Chicago City Credit Cards, Charles Woodyard, Lewis Jordan, Chicago News

The former head of the public housing agency in Charlotte, N.C. was named the new leader of the Chicago Housing Authority Thursday as housing advocate...

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Family Wins $1.3 Million Settlement In Drug Suspect's Wrongful Death Case

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Wrongful Death Settlement, Cpd, Drug Possession, Police Brutality, Heroin, John Coleman Jr., Chicago Police, Cabrini Green, Wrongful Death, Drug Arrest, Chicago News

The family of a man who died after swallowing drugs during an arrest last summer was awarded a $1.3 million wrongful death settlement Wednesday, with ...

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33 Families To Be Evicted From Cabrini-Green

Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: High Crime, Housing Choice Vouchers, Chicago Housing Authority, Relocation, Cha, Eviction, Cabrini-Green, Drugs, Real Estate, Cabrini Green, Cabrini Green Rowhouses, Chicago News

The Chicago Housing Authority announced plans to evict 33 families from Cabrini-Green homes that have not been rehabbed, citing increased criminal act...

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Can Rahm Fix Public Housing In Chicago?

AP | By KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Mayor Emanuel, Rahm Public Housing, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Poverty, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Poverty, Chicago Public Housing, Cabrini Green, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- As Rahm Emanuel begins his term as Chicago mayor, one daunting challenge he inherits from his predecessor has barely been mentioned: how to...

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Cabrini-Green Target To Hire Public Housing Residents

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Cabrini Green Target, Public Housing, Cha, Cabrini Green Demolition, Chicago, Housing Projects, Target, Illinois, Cabrini Green, Chicago News

The Chicago Housing Authority and Target, the big-box retailer, appear to have reached a deal that would allow for a giant new store to be built on th...

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With Mixed Feelings, A Farewell To Cabrini-Green

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Cabrini Green Destroyed, Public Housing, Cabrini Green Demolition, Chicago, Housing Projects, Cabrini Green Demolished, Illinois, Cabrini Green, Video, Chicago News

It has been the dream of a city, the scourge of a nation, and even, briefly, the home of a mayor. As of Wednesday, the Cabrini-Green Housing Project w...

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Target Coming To Cabrini-Green?

Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Target, Cabrini Green Target, Illinois, Cabrini Green, Chicago Target, Chicago, Chicago News

A historic change -- both symbolic and actual -- in Chicago's approach to public housing was completed in the winter of 2010, as the final families we...

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Cabrini-Green's Closure Ends An Ugly Era In Public Housing

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cabrini Green, Poverty, Chicago Poor, Public Housing, Urban Policy, Chicago Housing Authority, Cabrini-Green, Chicago Housing, Chicago Poverty, Cabrini-Green Public Housing, Chicago News

CHICAGO — For decades, Chicago's infamous Cabrini-Green high-rises – with their fenced-in balconies and horrific high-profile crimes &ndas...

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Cabrini Green Legal Aid Helping Low-Income Residents One Case At A Time

The Huffington Post | Aixa Velez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Volunteering, Legal Aid, Cabrini Green, Volunteering, Chicago Impact, Impact, Chicago, Chicago News

For about 10 years, the Cabrini-Green neighborhood has seen many changes. Pricey condos went up, and the infamous housing projects were torn down. Whi...

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Cabrini-Green Demolition: Just One Building Remains

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cabrini-Green, Chicago Housing Projects, Cabrini-Green Projects, Cabrini-Green Demolished, Cha, Chicago Housing Authority, Video, Chicago News

For more than a year, the Cabrini-Green housing projects on the Near North Side have slowly been come down--and now, just one building remains. The ...

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Cabrini-Green's Demolition: Notorious Housing Project Torn Down Slowly (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Projects, Cabrini-Green, Cabrini Green, Low Income Housing, Cabrini Green Demolition, Housing Project Demolition, Video, Chicago News

For years, the site of the Cabrini-Green housing projects on Chicago's Near North Side has undergone massive transformation. The infamous housing pro...

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Why Would You Want to be Homeless? (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold Coast, The South, Dumpster Diving, Panhandling, Homeless Shelter, Chicago, Race Relations, Race in the South, S.C., Cabrini Green, Urban Poverty, Homelessness, Soup Kitchen, Public Libraries, South Carolina, Richland County Public Library, Day Laborers, Columbia, College News

Here's the idea: On March 7, my roommate and I will head outside in Columbia, S.C. For one week, we will leave behind almost everything except the clothes on our backs. Our purpose? To document the homeless experience in our city firsthand.

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How to Go From Jamoke to Chicagoan in Under 40 Minutes

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Jacobs, Bill Veeck, Easter Egg Hunt, Joe Cummings, Studs Terkel, Patterson, Nelson Algren, Media Burn Independent Video Archive, Chicago History, New Jersey, David Murray, San Francisco, Mike Royko, Tom Weinberg, Chicago Philosopher, Cabrini-Green, Wbbm, Jane Byrne, Chicago News

I've got this intern from San Francisco working for me. How'm I ever gonna explain to this kid what makes Chicago different, different from anywhere else? I'm gonna start with these six short videos.

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Walton Payton Prep School Paper Publishes Cabrini Green Issue

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 05.25.2011

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To their credit, it occurred to the student journalists of Walter Payton College Prep that an important question to ask about nearby Cabrini-Green was...

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A Garden Grows In Cabrini

Chi Town Daily News | Mary Brophy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: City Farm, Urban Gardening, Green Chicago, Chicago Food, Cabrini Green Garden, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Urban Farms, City Farm Chicago, Cabrini Green, Chicago Sustainable Food, Resource Center Chicago, Home News

Eventually, the land at City Farm in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood will sell for millions of dollars and a development deal. But for now, it s...

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