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Cabrini–Green Homes

Index Cabrini–Green Homes

Cabrini–Green Homes, which comprised the Frances Cabrini Row-houses and William Green Homes, was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1]

91 relations: African Americans, American Federation of Labor, Apartment, Associated Press, Boss (TV series), Brazil, Brick, Candyman (film), Canonization, Chicago, Chicago Avenue, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago River, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Community development corporation, Cooley High, Cooley Vocational High School, Dantrell Davis, DNAinfo, Edifício São Vito, Eric Monte, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Frank Miller (comics), Gang, Gene Siskel Film Center, Gentrification, Geoforum, Good Times, Halsted Street, Hardball (film), Harper's Magazine, Harvey, Illinois, Heaven Is a Playground (film), Henry Horner Homes, High-rise building, Hoop Dreams, HOPE VI, Iowa, Italians, Jane Byrne, Jenner Academy of the Arts, Kanye West, Kartemquin Films, Lincoln Park High School (Chicago), Lincoln Park, Chicago, List of public housing developments in the United States, Marion Stamps, Marshall Field Garden Apartments, ..., Martha Washington (comics), Martin Luther King Jr., Mixed-income housing, Montgomery Ward, Near North Career Metropolitan High School, Near North Side, Chicago, New York City, Oak Street (Chicago), Ogden International School, Old Town, Chicago, Oscar Mayer, Pruitt–Igoe, Public housing, Public housing in the United States, Publicity stunt, Reinforced concrete, Robert Taylor Homes, Rockwell Gardens, São Paulo, Shanty town, Sitcom, St. Louis, Starz, Stateway Gardens, Target Corporation, Terraced house, The Chicago Code, The Chicago Reporter, The New York Times, The New York Times Company, The PJs, United States, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Urban planning, Urban renewal, Watch Dogs, Wells Community Academy High School, Whiteboyz, William Gates (basketball), William Green (U.S. labor leader), World War II. Expand index (41 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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American Federation of Labor

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union.

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Apartment

An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Boss (TV series)

Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brick

A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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Candyman (film)

Candyman is a 1992 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Bernard Rose.

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Canonization

Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares that a person who has died was a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the "canon", or list, of recognized saints.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Avenue

Chicago Avenue is a major east–west street in Chicago, Illinois that runs at 800 north from 385 east to 5968 west in the Chicago street address system from which point it enters the suburbs and goes into several different suburban address systems.

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Chicago Housing Authority

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is a municipal corporation that oversees public housing within the city of Chicago.

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Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third largest school district in the U.S. (list of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment).

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Chicago River

The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop).

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Community development corporation

A community development corporation (CDC) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated to provide programs, offer services and engage in other activities that promote and support community development.

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Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age/comedic drama film that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best-friends, Leroy “Preach” Jackson (Glynn Turman) and Richard “Cochise” Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs).

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Cooley Vocational High School

Edwin Gilbert Cooley Vocational High School (commonly known as Cooley High, Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center) was a public 4–year vocational high school and middle school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Dantrell Davis

Dantrell Davis (b. 1985 – October 13, 1992) was an American 7-year-old boy from Chicago, Illinois, who was murdered in October 1992.

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DNAinfo

DNAinfo was an online newspaper that focused on neighborhood news in New York City and Chicago.

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Edifício São Vito

Edifício São Vito, popularly known as Treme-Treme (literally "Shiver-Shiver"), was a, 27-story former residential building, located in São Paulo, Brazil, finished in 1959.

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Eric Monte

he was the midle of three children Eric Monte (born Kenneth Williams; December 25, 1943) is an American screenwriter who has written for and created notable shows depicting 1970s African-American culture, most notably Good Times, The Jeffersons, and What's Happening!! as well as 1975's coming of age film Cooley High which was based on his high school experience.

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Frances Xavier Cabrini

Frances Xavier Cabrini (Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917, died at age 67), also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American religious sister, who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a Catholic religious institute that was a major support to the Italian immigrants to the United States.

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Frank Miller (comics)

Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, novelist, inker, screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as Ronin, ''Daredevil: Born Again'', The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300.

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Gang

A gang is a group of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior.

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Gene Siskel Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center, formerly The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and commonly referred to as The Film Center or The Gene Siskel, is the cinematheque attached to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.

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Geoforum

Geoforum is a peer-reviewed academic journal of geography which focuses on social, political, economic, and environmental activities that occur around the globe within the context of geographical space and time.

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Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979.

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Halsted Street

Halsted Street is a major north-south street in the American city of Chicago, Illinois.

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Hardball (film)

Hardball is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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Harvey, Illinois

Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago.

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Heaven Is a Playground (film)

Heaven Is a Playground is a 1991 film based on Rick Telander's book of the same name.

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Henry Horner Homes

Henry Horner Homes was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the Near West Side neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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High-rise building

A high-rise building is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined by its height differently in various jurisdictions.

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Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James and Simon Schumann, and written by James and Frederick Marx, with Kartemquin Films.

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HOPE VI

HOPE VI is a plan by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Italians

The Italians (Italiani) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation native to the Italian peninsula.

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Jane Byrne

Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933November 14, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 40th Mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983.

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Jenner Academy of the Arts

Edward Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts is a PK-8 school in the Cabrini-Green area of the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois.

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Kanye West

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer.

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Kartemquin Films

Kartemquin Films is a 501(c)3 non-profit production company located in Chicago, Illinois, that produces a wide range of documentary films.

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Lincoln Park High School (Chicago)

Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) is a public four–year high school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Lincoln Park, Chicago

Lincoln Park is a designated community area in North Side, Chicago, Illinois.

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List of public housing developments in the United States

This is a list of developments of public housing in the United States.

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Marion Stamps

Marion Nzinga Stamps (born M. Marion Adams; May 28, 1945 – August 28, 1996) was an African-American community activist who fought for equal rights of public housing residents in the Cabrini-Green housing project on the Near-North Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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Marshall Field Garden Apartments

The Marshall Field Garden Apartments is a large non-governmental subsidized housing project in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

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Martha Washington (comics)

Martha Washington is a fictional character created by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, first appearing in the four-issue comic book series Give Me Liberty, published in 1990 by Dark Horse Comics.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.

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Mixed-income housing

The definition of mixed-income housing is broad and encompasses many types of dwellings and neighborhoods.

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Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two historically distinct American retail enterprises.

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Near North Career Metropolitan High School

Near North Career Metropolitan High School (also known as Near North Career Magnet High School) was a public 4–year magnet high school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oak Street (Chicago)

Oak Street is a short street in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, adjacent to North Michigan Avenue.

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Ogden International School

Ogden International School of Chicago is a public K-12 school in Chicago, Illinois.

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Old Town, Chicago

Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in North Side, Chicago, Illinois, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.

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Oscar Mayer

The Oscar Mayer Company is an American meat and cold cut production company, owned by the American food company Kraft Heinz.

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Pruitt–Igoe

The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe, were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in the US city of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Public housing in the United States

Public housing in the United States is administered by federal, state and local agencies to provide subsidized assistance for low-income households.

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Publicity stunt

A publicity stunt is a planned event designed to attract the public's attention to the event's organizers or their cause.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Robert Taylor Homes

Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in Bronzeville on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, bordered along State Street between Pershing Road (39th Street) and 54th Street alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway.

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Rockwell Gardens

Rockwell Gardens was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil.

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Shanty town

A shanty town or squatter area is a settlement of improvised housing which is known as shanties or shacks, made of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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St. Louis

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Starz

Starz (stylized as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network which serves as Starz Inc.'s flagship service.

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Stateway Gardens

Stateway Gardens was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Target Corporation

Target Corporation is the second-largest department store retailer in the United States, behind Walmart, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index.

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Terraced house

In architecture and city planning, a terraced or terrace house (UK) or townhouse (US) exhibits a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls.

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The Chicago Code

The Chicago Code is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan that aired on Fox in the United States.

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The Chicago Reporter

The Chicago Reporter is a monthly periodical based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company is an American media company which publishes its namesake, The New York Times.

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The PJs

The PJs is an American stop-motion animated black sitcom, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government.

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Urban planning

Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the development and design of land use in an urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.

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Urban renewal

Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom, urban renewal or urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment in cities, often where there is urban decay.

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Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs (stylized as WATCH_DOGS) is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

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Wells Community Academy High School

William H. Wells Community Academy High School (commonly known as Wells High School) is public 4–year high school located in the West Town neighborhood on the Near Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Whiteboyz

Whiteboyz (sometimes styled Whiteboys) is a 1999 American comedy film.

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William Gates (basketball)

William Gates (born December 28, 1971) is an American former Chicago-area high school and college basketball player.

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William Green (U.S. labor leader)

William B. Green (March 3, 1873 – November 21, 1952) was an American trade union leader.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini–Green_Homes

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