Where is Cabrini Green located and what is the community comprised of?”
Cabrini-Green is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)12 public housing development on Chicago’s North Side, bordered by Scott Street on the north, Sedgwick Street on the east, Chicago Ave on the south, and Halsted Street on the west. At its peak, Cabrini-Green was home to 15,000 people, living in mid- and high-rise apartment buildings. Over the years, gang violence and neglect created terrible conditions for the residents, and the name “Cabrini-Green” became synonymous with the problems associated with public housing in the United States. As of 2008, around 4,700 residents remained in Cabrini-Green. Most of the buildings have been razed and the entire neighborhood is being redeveloped into a combination of high-rise buildings and row houses, with the stated goal of creating a mixed-income neighborhood, with some units reserved for public housing tenants. Controversy regarding the implementation of these plans has arisen. Cabrini-Green was composed of 10 sections, built over a twenty-year
