Why Affordable Housing Needs Good Design
7 December 2000 - 9:00am
Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic discusses the benefits of good design in low-income neighborhoods.
Some of the worst architecture in the city has been built in the name of affordable housing....Solid architecture can do much to erase the stigma of affordable housing as last-chance dwellings...Roseland Ridge is built in a pretty tough neighborhood. But its architects gave the complex the means to defend itself without turning it into a fortress. "
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Roseland flats are affordable --and attractive
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Chicago Sun-Times, November 30, 2000
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