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Project Lives is a 2015 book whose theme lies at the intersection of photography and urban studies. [1] Edited by George Carrano, Chelsea Davis, and Jonathan Fisher, the book is a collection of photographs depicting life in New York City public housing projects. The editorial team equipped and trained residents to take photos of their community.
On November 23rd, 1936 Life was relaunched as the treasured picturesque magazine we know and love today. During its heyday the publication was full of images from the top photographers of their time.
Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois from 1962 to 2007. The second largest housing project in the United States, it consisted of 28 virtually identical high-rises, set out in a linear plan for two miles (3 km), with the high-rises regularly configured in a horseshoe shape of three in each block.
Julia C. Lathrop Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located along the line between the Lincoln Park and North Center neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Bucktown and Roscoe Village.
The success of the mixed-use, mixed-income Columbia Point Housing Projects on Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts inspired and contributed to development of the HOPE VI model. [4] Built in 1954, and consisting of approximately 1,500 apartment units, these apartments had fallen into disrepair and become dangerous as a center of crime and ...
Cochran Gardens was a public housing complex on the near north side of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Construction was completed in 1953. [1] The complex was occupied until 2006. [citation needed] It was famous for its residents' innovative form of tenant-led management. In 1976, Cochran Gardens became one of the first U.S. housing projects to ...
New Orleans (See Housing Authority of New Orleans) St. Thomas Projects; Desire Projects; Florida Projects; Magnolia Projects; Melpomene Projects; Calliope Projects; Iberville Projects; St. Bernard Projects; Fischer Projects; Lafitte Projects; DeGaulle Manor; Hammond, Louisiana. Terrace Of Hammond (212 Neighborhood) Cypress Cove (Grace Quaters ...
The construction and opening of the two projects attracted national attention. [8] When the project was completed, 11,000 people applied for the 574 available apartments. [9] As of 1987, about 3 dozen of the tenants were part of the original group. [9] When it opened, the project had child care, health care and a public community room on site.