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The Nation's Most Infamous Tenaments Will Be Reborn

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Practice of New Urbanism
18 December 2002 - 6:00am

The nation's most infamous tenaments -- Chicago's Cabrini-Green projects -- are being torn down. 60 Minutes reports.

"For decades, the red and white tenements near downtown Chicago have been a blot on the skyline – the nation’s most infamous public housing project, synonymous with gangs, drugs, misery and murder.Cabrini-Green is just the beginning. The plan is to replace all of Chicago’s projects with beautiful new "mixed-income" developments; that means rich and poor living side by side."

Full Story: Tearing Down Cabrini-Green
Source: CBS News, December 11, 2002
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The promise of 'communities' yet-to-come must be particularly offensive to people who pre-date incoming developments. What is the 'beginning of a community that has the body language of a community?' Does this imply that the current neighborhoods in and around downtown Los Angeles lack such a 'body language'?
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