The great American public housing projects have failed. They became lawless, violent, unliveable. The great unanswered question: did the needy, with their brutish, immoral, uncivilized and criminal ways, cause the projects to fail? Or was it a combination of catastrophically poor project design that seeded the collapse of such a brave and hopeful vision.
To help find answers, read about an intimate, personalized book about the life and times of one such project as reviewed in the Washington Post: Lives and legacy of a notorious Chicago housing project
Find the book itself? High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
