High rise stories : voices from Chicago public housing /
High rise stories : voices from Chicago public housing /
compiled and edited by Audrey Petty ; foreword by Alex Kotlowitz.
- San Francisco : Voice of Witness : McSweeney's, c2013.
- 279 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
- The voice of witness series .
- Voice of witness. .
"The narratives in this book are the result of extensive oral history interviews with twenty-six men and women from Chicago, ... former public housing residents of Cabrini-Green, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, and Robert Taylor Homes, among others."--P. 25.
Includes bibliographical references.
Vital neighborhoods / On plans and transformations / Dolores Wilson -- Dawn Knight -- Donnell Furlow -- Yusufu Mosley -- Eddie Leman -- Sabrina Nixon -- Paula Hawkins -- Sonovia Marie Petty -- Ashley Cortland -- Chandra Bell -- Tiffany Tucker -- Lloyd "Peter" Haywood -- Timeline of housing and civil rights in Chicago ; The last tower / High rise architecture / Where are they now? / Plan for transformation after ten years / by Alex Kotlowitz -- by Audrey Petty -- by Ben Austen ; by D. Bradford Hunt ; by the Chicago Housing Authority ; by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves. Appendices.
In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.
1938073371 9781938073373
Poor--Illinois--Chicago--Interviews.
Poor--Social conditions--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Public housing--History.--Illinois--Chicago
"The narratives in this book are the result of extensive oral history interviews with twenty-six men and women from Chicago, ... former public housing residents of Cabrini-Green, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, and Robert Taylor Homes, among others."--P. 25.
Includes bibliographical references.
Vital neighborhoods / On plans and transformations / Dolores Wilson -- Dawn Knight -- Donnell Furlow -- Yusufu Mosley -- Eddie Leman -- Sabrina Nixon -- Paula Hawkins -- Sonovia Marie Petty -- Ashley Cortland -- Chandra Bell -- Tiffany Tucker -- Lloyd "Peter" Haywood -- Timeline of housing and civil rights in Chicago ; The last tower / High rise architecture / Where are they now? / Plan for transformation after ten years / by Alex Kotlowitz -- by Audrey Petty -- by Ben Austen ; by D. Bradford Hunt ; by the Chicago Housing Authority ; by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves. Appendices.
In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.
1938073371 9781938073373
Poor--Illinois--Chicago--Interviews.
Poor--Social conditions--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Public housing--History.--Illinois--Chicago