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I thought TRUE housing projects were destroyed in just about every U.S. city by now? I know Minneapolis' were all leveled by 2002. Even in Chicago, I know the major ones (Stateway Gardens, Henry Horner, Cabrini Green, etc.) have been demolished since at least 2005.
New York has demolished few if any of its projects. About 420,000 people living in them.
I thought TRUE housing projects were destroyed in just about every U.S. city by now? I know Minneapolis' were all leveled by 2002. Even in Chicago, I know the major ones (Stateway Gardens, Henry Horner, Cabrini Green, etc.) have been demolished since at least 2005.
its still a few low rise buildings up..but more than likely they'll be torn down soon too..
I thought TRUE housing projects were destroyed in just about every U.S. city by now? I know Minneapolis' were all leveled by 2002. Even in Chicago, I know the major ones (Stateway Gardens, Henry Horner, Cabrini Green, etc.) have been demolished since at least 2005.
Those are the failed ones.
Contemporary urban governance has led a shift to townhome style "projects" and section 8 expansion. HOPE 6 etc.
New York still has em.
How about Baltimore and Detroit? IDK what's going on in terms of public housing in those.
The worst? Today? I couldn't tell you. The face of public housing is changing so rapidly that we can't really know.
Im kind of amused that L.A. is even mentioned. Sure there are a couple projects that were sketchy maybe 25 years ago. But there are also some that appear almost tranquil compared to those l've seen in Chicago and Detroit.
That picture is over 4 years old. All of those highrise buildings have been torn down for at least a year. All that's left are the low rise buildings that are cleared out and being gutted from top to bottom.
Here's Cabrini these days:
Last edited by Chicago60614; 12-25-2011 at 03:53 PM..
The new developments are neoliberally created which means private and public partnerships are involved. Many of these private entities screen residents even more thoroughly than the old CHA-exclusive properties did. Drug tests/background checks etc.
There are currently 7,800 housing units that have 21,000 people living in them. At the peak in 1990, over 200,000 people lived in housing projects.
Population:
1990: 200,000+
2011: 21,000
-90%
It's certainly a factor in that there has been a decrease from 93,000 violent crimes in the early 1990's to around 28,000 today.
Also, I'd estimate many of those displaced residents factor into the city's population loss. I know of several in the suburbs that complain about them being spread across the metro and hear about them being dispersed as far away as Iowa.
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