An edition of High rise stories
(2013)
High rise stories
voices from Chicago public housing
by Audrey Petty and Alex Kotlowitz
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In first-person accounts, former residents of Chicago's public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rise apartments and the tone of the community life and poverty levels that existed.
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Poor, Social conditions, Interviews, Public housing, History, Housing, united statesTimes
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High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
Jan 26, 2021, Haymarket Books
paperback
1642595373 9781642595376
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High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
Jan 26, 2021, Haymarket Books
hardcover
1642595578 9781642595574
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High rise stories: voices from Chicago public housing
2013, Voice of Witness, McSweeney's Books
in English
1938073371 9781938073373
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High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
2013, McSweeney's Publishing
in English
1940450055 9781940450056
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High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
2013, McSweeney's Publishing
in English
1306445639 9781306445634
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Vital neighborhoods -- by Alex Kotlowitz
On plans and transformations -- by Audrey Petty
Dolores Wilson --
Dawn Knight --
Donnell Furlow --
Yusufu Mosley --
Eddie Leman --
Sabrina Nixon --
Paula Hawkins --
Sonovia Marie Petty --
Ashley Cortland --
Chandra Bell --
Tiffany Tucker --
Lloyd "Peter" Haywood -- -- Appendices.
Timeline of housing and civil rights in Chicago ;
The last tower -- by Ben Austen ;
High rise architecture -- by D. Bradford Hunt ;
Where are they now? -- by the Chicago Housing Authority ;
Plan for transformation after ten years -- by Lawrence J. Vale and Erin Graves.
Edition Notes
"The narratives in this book are the result of extensive oral history interviews with twenty-six men and women from Chicago, ... former public housing residents of Cabrini-Green, Rockwell Gardens, ABLA Homes, and Robert Taylor Homes, among others"--P. 25.
Includes bibliographical references.
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