Comments about housing projects

There are 41 comments about "housing projects"

carol: a helpful article to read ...http//www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/memphis-crime . the correlation between the imploding of the housing projects and the rising crime rate in places which these tenants were relocated to....

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Devil's Advocate: There is so much injustice involved with all of the unaffordable housing in Chicago and displacement of the former residents of "the projects." Throughout this blog there is so much talk of what should and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

D.Bennett: Damn it`s like every time get on here i see a new paragraph about someone who has died from the hornets and often someone i new like (tony Wood aka Nuke i......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

QNS4Life: Ive lived in flushing my whole life and went to school at Brooklyn Tech in Ft Greene which was once completely burnt out and is now becoming gentrified. Maybe we dont have so much......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Hannah: I read the book "There are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz a few weeks ago and it was a wonderful book. A real eye opener to the terrible conditions of the housing projects in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Malou: What I am wondering is where do the gangs go when these housing projects are torn down? ...

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Evinrude: Alfred. Again you stated over again what has been brought up before. If you have looked through the site you will see that old bastards like yourself enjoy the same things, the comsmosphere, NJCAA,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

McArthur: Peter-- Right on!! I Agree-- see, you're another person who's pointing out flaws and then digressing into a rant. What are YOU doing to change the "problem"? Complaining online? I was with you for your......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

I agree: Mcarthur, that is the problem. People would rather brag about wastes of money like the football team or the SALT museum which has to be bailed out by the tax payers to stay open! Also,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

the university of chicago: ok.. i am reading the book, with mixed feelings. part of me sympathizes with the family, the other part enrages me...how the hell do you let your kids grow up like that? i mean......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

DITTO: Has anyone paid attention to the people in this town? FAT mega beasts setting around eating pizza a Cici's Pizza or one of the other major buffets in town. I noticed that someone has posted......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

MAR: Here's another one to ponder on, Todt Hill - (means Dead Hill) the housing projects there were built on Indian burial grounds.... Things that make you go hmmmmmmm....

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mr Low Income: Well here we are, 8 homeless/Low income housing projects in Hutchinson now. 1. The Clusters 2. The apartments on 11th and Porter 3. Commerce Gardens 4. The Apartments behind K-mart (off 33rd St). 5. Hidden......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Peter: that last shot is amazing... isnt that about where {bushwick} ave and {flushing} ave intersect... at the {bushwick houses}? im still learning the neighborhood... i think i recall you mentioning that the {bushwick houses} (that brown......

in response to: Bushwick: Municipal Tag by upfromflames

colavitos ghost: this proves it; public housing--american or otherwise--just pretty much sucks. i've never been to glasgow, london, or any other british city for that matter, but from what i've read and seen in these photos, it seems......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

upfromflames: [[img:18842]] Central and Bleeker, in the midst of Hope Gardens housing project, one of the most successful housing projects ever built by NYCHA. The building on the corner was put up by the New York Housing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Zachary: Bedstuy Brooklyn is on point. The neglect is what let Cabrini get to where it was. In the NY the projects are not the best place to be, but they don't have the issues that......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Lucho: this post has been a tremendous help to me, thanks to everyone that has given their insight. i have been working on a research paper on the renovation of cabrini green, i am from chicago,......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Phill: Well put justice stamps, I got a few questions, i've been sending complaints ect. into the chicago housing authority to tell them not to smash down the projects i've bought videos from voices of cabrini.......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

shelia/neworleans : It seems to me you pretty much know what it is you want to do. So... don't ask questions that you already know the (your) answer. No I don't think they should rebuild "public housing"......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Interested: I am currently reading the book and am quite intrigued by the story. I am studing Child and Family Services with an interest in child advocacy along with the life and struggles of children.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

shelia/neworleans : Education Is Key. Without It Oppression Will Progress For Generations. What Do You Have To Lose? Try It. It Works. I Grew Up In The Calliope Project In New Orleans (a.k.a......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

City Official: The housing projects were originally established as waystations for people and families who fell upon hard times and needed temporary support while they got their acts together. These housing projects were never intended for people......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Phill: Cabrini is technically in the river north neighborhood, or around the gold coast the exact streets are Evergreen Avenue, Sedgwick Street, Chicago Avenue, and Larrabee Street. What do you mean also when you say no......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

anon (mail.tweezerman.com): There are still parts of Bushwick that are ghetto..that's basically the case whereever you have housing projects. Housing projects cannot be gentrified. The people complianing about those saying that a white neighborhood is safer......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bean: I'm reading There are no Children here, and work on the South Side of Chicago, I'm meeting the author at the end of this month, which will be intersting. Most of the Projects in Chicago,......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

keith: A lot of the photos you've posted are rich in history, not just the city's history but black history, American history. Those vacant lots in central ward used to be home to high-rise housing projects......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

hill: projects in philly got torn down and then they built low income housing in the surrounding blocks. ive enver seen buildings get built so fast. you know its complete crap thats gonna get torn down......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jeeff: what's regents park like? we have a 'regent park' here in toronto (no doubt yours is the namesake - i grew up in london, ##ontario##, which is even bissected by our own version of......

in response to: 14.00 Train. Time to kill by Nic

fuzzytank: actually for public housing that looks pretty nice, so is that considered a clean lil' piece of the projects or just a regular bit?...

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

CAPTAIN AMERICA: email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter