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I can also say from personal experience, having stayed in a hostel in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, that I felt perfectly safe walking by the projects. To start with, the grounds were...

Actually, from what I've read, the number one thing those evicted from Cabrini-Green missed was the sense of community. Families and friends would watch out for each other, making sure the...

RE: WOLVERINE.
Good point. This article, however, comes up with an intriguing argument that blames the gang problem in Chicago with the failure of public housing: Why Are There So Many Gang Members...

Well, sure, Chicago has gangs, and gang violence. But you don't think New York has gangs? Los Angeles? You have to look at the bigger picture.


Fair enough. Projects actually had a tendency to...

Yes, I admit that I wouldn't have wanted to live in Cabrini-Green, and that the standard of living there was unacceptable. I'm just saying that it did get the job done. Ideally, we should be reaching...

I don't buy the gang argument in relation to Chicago's murder rate. Los Angeles arguably has an even worse gang problem, and yet it is in much better shape than Chicago.

And yes, demolition of...

I know, I know... you're all rolling your eyes, waiting for the punchline. But hold on a minute! In the early 1950s, Albert Cobo pushed through an aggressive urban renewal plan that demolished...