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Judge orders last Cabrini-Green residents out early
A federal judge has ordered that the remaining families must leave a notorious Chicago housing project early. Only two families are left at the Cabrini-Green public housing high rise on Chicago's near...
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Chapter closes on Cabrini-Green high rises
The high rises buildings at Cabrini Green will be empty tonight. The Chicago Housing Authority confirms the last family living in last occupied unit has moved. But that’s not the end of the story for...
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It’s the end of an era for the Cabrini-Green housing development on Chicago’s Near North Side.The last Cabrini-Green public housing high rise closed today on Thursday at noon. And the last family has...
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Mayor Monday: The future of Chicago housing
Updated 12/13/10 at 1:05 PM.Last week Chicagoans watched the departure of the last resident of one of the city’s most iconic public-housing complexes, Cabrini-Green. For better or worse, the change in...
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Exhibition highlights history of public housing
The high rises may come down and residents may be relocated but for some, the longing for the communities that public housing created never goes away. An effort to preserve those ties is now underway...
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Cabrini-Green ready for final phase of redevelopment
The Chicago Housing Authority is speeding up construction of the final 65 acres at Cabrini-Green still open for redevelopment.Cabrini-Green started its transformation from public to mixed-income...
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Morning Shift: DASA Director responds to Puerto Rico story
DASA Director responds to Puerto Rico storyAs you’ve been hearing on WBEZ, heroin addicts from Puerto Rico are being sent to Chicago - sometimes with one-way tickets from police there, or from...
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Classic of black cinema, 'Cooley High,' celebrates 40th anniversary
A classic of black cinema celebrated its 40th birthday on June 25. Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen in "blaxploitation" movies of the time. Set in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing...
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