Name |
Location |
Constructed |
Notes/status
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Altgeld Gardens Homes |
Chicago/Riverdale, Illinois borderline (Far–south side) |
1944–46; 1954 |
Named for Illinois politician John Peter Altgeld and Labor movement leader Philip Murray. 1,971 units of 2-story row-houses; renovated.
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Bridgeport Homes |
Bridgeport neighborhood (South–west side) |
1943–44 |
Named after its neighborhood location, consist of 115 units of 2-story row-houses, renovated.
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Cabrini–Green Homes |
Near–North neighborhood |
1942–45; 1957–62 |
Named for Italian nun Frances Cabrini and William Green. Consisted of 3,607 units, William Homes and Cabrini Extensions (Demolished; 1995–2011), Francis Cabrini Row-houses (150 of 586 Renovated; 2009–11).
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Clarence Darrow Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1961–62 |
Named for American lawyer Clarence Darrow, consisted of 4 18-story buildings, demolished in late 1998. Replaced with mixed-income housing development Oakwood Shores.[43] |
Dearborn Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1949–50 |
Named for its street location Dearborn Street; consist of 12 buildings made up of mid-rise, 6 and 9-stories, totaling 668 units, renovated.
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Grace Abbott Homes |
University Village (Near–west side) |
1952–55 |
Named for social worker Grace Abbott, consisted of 7 15-story buildings and 33 2-story rowhouses, totaling 1,198 units. Demolished.
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Harold Ickes Homes |
Bronzeville (South side) |
1953–55 |
Named for Illinois politician Harold LeClair Ickes, 11 9-story high-rise buildings, totaling 738 units, demolished.
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Harrison Courts |
East Garfield Park neighborhood (West side) |
1958 |
Named after its street location; consist of 4 7-story buildings; renovated.
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Ogden Courts |
North Lawndale neighborhood (West side) |
1953 |
Named after William B. Ogden location; consist of 2 7-story buildings; demolished.
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Henry Horner Homes |
Near–West Side neighborhood |
1955–57; 1959–61 |
Named for Illinois governor Henry Horner, consisted of 16 high-rise buildings, 2 15-story buildings, 8 7-story buildings, 4 14-story and 2 8-story buildings, totaling 1,655 units; demolished. Replaced with mixed-income housing development West Haven.
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Ida B. Wells Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1939–41 |
Named for African-American journalist Ida Barnett Wells, Consisted of 1,662 units (800 row-houses and 862 mid-rise apartments); demolished. Replaced with a Mixed-income housing development named Oakwood Shores.[43] |
Jane Addams Homes |
University Village (Near–west side) |
1938–39 |
Named for social worker Jane Addams, consisted of 32 buildings of 2, 3, and 4 stories, totaling 987 units; demolished. Replaced with townhouses and condominiums under the name Roosevelt Square.
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Julia C. Lathrop Homes |
North Center neighborhood (North side) |
1937–38 |
Named for social reformer Julia Clifford Lathrop, Consist of 925 units made up of 2-story row-houses, mid-rise buildings; renovated.
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Lake Parc Place/Lake Michigan Homes High-Rises[44] |
Oakland neighborhood (South side) |
1962–63 |
Named after its location, consisted of 6 buildings; Lake Michigan high-rises (also known as Lakefront Homes) (4 16-story buildings; vacated in 1985 and demolished by implosion on 12/12/1998[45][46]) and Lake Parc Place (2 15-story buildings; renovated)
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Lawndale Gardens |
Little Village neighborhood (South–west side) |
April–December 1942 |
Named for its street location, consist of 123 units of 2-story row-houses, Renovated.
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LeClaire Courts |
Archer Heights neighborhood (South–west side) |
1949–50; 1953–54[47] |
Consisted 314 units of 2-story row-houses;[48] demolished.
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Loomis Courts |
University Village neighborhood (Near–west side) |
1951 |
Named for its street location, consist of 2 7-story building, totaling 126 units.
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Lowden Homes |
Princeton Park neighborhood (South side) |
1951–52 |
Named for Illinois governor Frank Lowden, consist of 127 units of 2-story row-houses; Renovated.
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Madden Park Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1968–69; 1970 |
Consisted of 6 buildings (9 and 3-stories), totaling 279 units; demolished. Replaced with a mixed-income housing development named Oakwood Shores.[43] |
Prairie Courts |
South Commons neighborhood (South side) |
1950–52 |
Consisted of 5 7- and 14-story buildings, 230 units made up of row-houses, totaling 877 units; demolished. Replaced with new development which was constructed between 2000–2002.
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Racine Courts |
Washington Heights neighborhood (Far–south side) |
1953 |
Named for its street location, Consisted of 122 units made up of 2-story row-houses,[49] Demolished.
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Raymond Hilliard Homes |
Near–South Side neighborhood |
1964–66 |
Consists of 3 buildings, 22-story building; 16-story building and 11-story building, totaling 1,077 units. Renovated in phases, Phase I: 2003–04; Phase II: 2006–07.
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Robert Brooks Homes/Extensions |
University Village neighborhood (Near–west side) |
1942–43; 1960–61 |
Consist of 835 row-houses (Reconstructed in phases: Phase I: 1997–99, Phase II: 2000), 3 16-story buildings (450 units; demolished between 1998–2001) .
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Robert Taylor Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1960–62 |
Named for the first African American chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority Robert Rochon Taylor, Consisted of 28 16–story high rises, totaling 4, 415 units; Demolished between 1998–2007. Replaced with a mixed-income housing development named Legends South.[50] |
Rockwell Gardens |
East Garfield Park neighborhood (West side) |
1958–60 |
Named for its street location; Consisted of 1,126 units made up of 11 buildings (16, 14-stories); demolished between 2003–2007. Replaced with a mixed-income housing development named West End.
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Stateway Gardens |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1955–58 |
Named for its location along State Street, consisted of 8 buildings (13–17 stories); Demolished between 1996–2007, replaced with a mixed-income housing development named Park Boulevard.
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Trumbull Park Homes |
South Deering neighborhood (Far–south side) |
1938–39 |
Consist of 434 units made up of 2-story row-houses and 3-story buildings; Renovated.
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Wentworth Gardens |
Armour Square[51] neighborhood (South side) |
1944–45 |
Named for its street location and the major league baseball team that used to play in its baseball field. Stretching from 39th & Wentworth to 37th and Wells this housing Project is one of Cha’S Finest., Consist of 4 block area of 2-story row-houses, 3 mid-rise buildings; Renovated.
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Washington Park Homes |
Bronzeville neighborhood (South side) |
1962–64 |
Named for nearby Chicago Park District park and neighborhood, consisted of 5 17-story buildings located between 45th and 44th Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Evans Street; demolished between 1999 and mid-2002.
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