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The Chicago Housing Authority was founded in 1937 in Chicago to provide homes for poor and low-income residents. One the city's most famous, Cabrini-Green on the Near North Side, began as the Frances Cabrini Homes in 1942 with less than 600 low-rise units. By 1962, with additions and extensions to the development, Cabrini-Green housed more than 3,600 families. That same year, the CHA opened the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side, a poorly maintained, mammoth hi-rise that became infamous for violent crime and urban blight. In 1996, citing mismanagement and poor performance, the federal government temporarily took over the CHA. In 2000, the CHA began demolishing many of its hi-rises as par...
The Chicago Housing Authority was founded in 1937 in Chicago to provide homes for poor and low-income residents. One the city's most famous, Cabrini-Green on the Near North Side, began as the Frances Cabrini Homes in 1942 with less than 600 low-rise units. By 1962, with additions and extensions to the development, Cabrini-Green housed more than 3,600 families. That same year, the CHA opened the Robert Taylor Homes on the South Side, a poorly maintained, mammoth hi-rise that became infamous for violent crime and urban blight. In 1996, citing mismanagement and poor performance, the federal government temporarily took over the CHA. In 2000, the CHA began demolishing many of its hi-rises as part of its $1.6 billion "Plan for Transformation."
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Man found shot to death in CHA parking lot
A man was found shot to death Friday on the Near West Side. Joseph Hallom, listed as 36 or 37, was found with multiple bullet wounds in a Chicago Housing Authority parking lot in the 1500 block of West 14th Street. Hallom was pronounced dead at 7:14 p....Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Crimes, Murder
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Daley reins in radicals — the Chicago Way
Turn on the TV news when John McCain is picking up undecided voters by invoking Barack Obama's relationship with unrepentant American terrorist William Ayers and, invariably, some liberal talking head will sniff in disgust and say Ayers is no big deal...Tags: Public Relations, Wages and Pensions, Law Enforcement, Chicago Sun-Times, Weather Underground
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Public housing's island
Chicago Tribune reportersFor all the talk of weaving public housing residents into the fabric of the city, the Chicago Housing Authority's ambitious Plan for Transformation includes this inconvenient fact: When the plan is complete, nearly 1 of every 10 of those families will...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Gang Activity, Environmental Pollution, Chicago Loop, Barack Obama
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Wednesday's High School Sports Results
Wednesday's Results Boys Soccer CCC North •Glastonbury 1, Southington 0 Goals—G: Glenn Melzen. Shutout: Adam LaPlaca, 3. Records—G: 10-0; S: 3-5-2. CCC East •Fermi 13, Hartford Public 0 Goals—F: Tyler Lombardi...Tags: Swimming, Shooting, Soccer
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Where past meets present
Chicago Tribune reporterTropical birds chirping. Children playing baseball and soccer in Kenwood Community Park. Students rushing off to Kenwood Academy High School. Such are the sights and sounds on a recent stroll through the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side....Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Schools, Personal Income, University of Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Hope grows with sod in Cabrini-Green
Chicago Tribune reporterFor a group of women in the storied Cabrini-Green housing development, two narrow patches of grass are a symbol of hope. More than a dozen volunteers laid sod Saturday in front of rowhouses on North Cleveland Avenue and North Mohawk Street as part of a...Tags: Lincoln Park, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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Online bloggers give Biden edge in debate
Readers and viewers of a Daily Press online blogging session tended to think that Democrat Joe Biden got the better of Republican Sarah Palin in Thursday night's vice-presidential debate — but hardly in overwhelming fashion. The online...Tags: Sarah Palin, George Bush, Joe Biden
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Home beer brewing calls to a new generation -- and to women
Special to The TimesIT'S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There's the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and there's the hops-filled afternoon of sipping and...Tags: Oregon, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Culver City, National Government, Los Angeles
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No small plans on South Side for Granite
Chicago Tribune reporterJoseph Williams, chairman of The Granite Cos. Inc., would be doing a lot if he completes his plan to build 3,000 units of housing plus 300,000 square feet of retail space and offices and 200,000 square feet of arts, educational and recreational facilities...Tags: Rentals, Minority Groups, Housing and Urban Planning, O'Hare International Airport, Interior Policy
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HUD to give city $55 million for housing
Chicago Tribune reporterU.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steven Preston said Friday that Chicago would receive tens of millions of dollars to help ease the blow of the national mortgage crisis and bolster a mixed-income public housing development on the South Side....Tags: Richard M. Daley, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy
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City provides 'big shoulders' to lean on
The mission of the Chicago Department of Housing is to enhance affordability by providing a range of housing options. Since Mayor Richard M. Daley took office in 1989, Chicago has invested $4 billion to facilitate 150,000 affordable homes and apartments....Tags: Richard M. Daley, Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Economic Policy
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