High rise stories : voices from Chicago public housing / compiled and edited by Audrey Petty ; foreword by Alex Kotlowitz.
Material type: TextSeries: Voice of witnessPublication details: San Francisco : Voice of Witness : McSweeney's, c2013.Description: 279 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:- 1938073371
- 9781938073373
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 363.585 H638 | Available | 33111005211921 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories , former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.
"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 / by Alex Kotlowitz -- On plans and transformations / by Audrey Petty -- 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 -- Appendices. Timeline of housing and civil rights in Chicago ; The last tower / by Ben Austen ; High rise architecture / by D. Bradford Hunt ; Where are they now? / by the Chicago Housing Authority ; Plan for transformation after ten years / by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves.
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.