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Aug 27, 2021 · August 27, 2021 10:59 AM EDT. L ong before a man with a bloody hook tormented the alleys of Cabrini-Green in the 1992 film Candyman, the Chicago housing projects were understood by many to be a...
Dec 20, 2020 · Built over two decades starting in 1942, the story of the towers and row homes of Cabrini-Green have mirrored Chicago’s troubled history of grappling with racism and poverty. Here is how the...
Cabrini-Green's reputation for crime and gangs rivaled Little Hell's. The murders of two white police officers in 1970 and of seven-year-old resident Dantrell Davis in 1992 drew national attention. Increasing real-estate values in the late twentieth century led housing officials to propose replacement of the complex with mixed-income housing.
Jan 5, 2010 · With high crime and unemployment Cabrini Green, along with other housing projects in the city, came to symbolize the failure of city government in Chicago (and across the nation) to resolve the problems of the concentrated and isolated urban African American poor.
Nov 16, 2015 · The story of Cabrini-Green begins in in 1941, with the construction of the Frances Cabrini Homes, also known as the Cabrini Rowhouses. These two-story beige brick buildings can still be seen in...
Feb 6, 2018 · Former residents of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green were thrown into a system that increasingly leaves the poor to fend for themselves. A partly demolished tower at Cabrini-Green in 2006. Paul...
Dec 20, 2020 · 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. Its mostly Black residents were...
