Last project standing: civics and sympathy in post-welfare chicago
Auteur :
Fennell, Catherine
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9780816697373
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 3,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In 1995 a half-vacant public housing project on Chicago's Near West Side fell to the wrecking ball. The demolition and reconstruction of the Henry Horner housing complex ushered in the most ambitious urban housing experiment of its kind: smaller, mixed-income, and partially privatized developments that, the thinking went, would mitigate the insecur