Preservationists Target Chicago Redevelopment Effort

Chicago Housing Authority wants to destroy failed public housing. Historic preservationists say it is part of history and should be preserved.

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May 29, 2001, 3:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Like many of Chicago's public housing complexes, the sprawling ABLA development on the Near West Side is blighted and mostly boarded up -- one of the last places anyone would envision a historic preservation battle...At its core, this is a fight between two arms of government -- one wants to destroy a piece of history that much of society now largely regards as a colossal failure, while another seeks to preserve its memory and sturdy buildings."

Thanks to Dan Thomas

Read the full story: Preservationists target unlikely site

Tuesday, May 29, 2001 in The Chicago Tribune

History / Preservation Illinois

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