End of the End: Chicago's Cabrini Green

[janesback]

If memory serves me right, they used the Cabrini Greens as a back drop for the show Good Times, from the 1970s with the Evans family. Kid Dynomite, James, Florida , Thelma , JJ, Michael and Wilona all lived in the Cabrinin Greens

I knew a girl from work who moved from Chicago to Houston in the 1990s who grew up in the Cabrinin Greens........she said it was rough, no police protection, gangs owned the buildings in regards to contolling them, and that it was a place from hell to raise kids.

Nice change and hope they use if for families of all economic backgrounds. I literally got lost and drove by there in 1985, and even then it was a little scary.

heres the opening of the show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM95AwDgask

Jane