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Our Impoverished Debate about Housing Segregation

July 10, 2015by Maya Dukmasova Leave a comment

A quest to remedy poverty has animated a certain cross section of American society since Jacob Riis took his camera and flash bulb into the dank tenements of Manhattan and […]

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History, News

Saving Lathrop – an addendum

June 12, 2014by Maya Dukmasova 1 Comment

Today, the Chicago Reader published my story called Saving Lathrop, a many-months-long reporting, writing and editorial effort. I couldn’t think of a publication more perfect for this piece and am extremely glad […]

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Chicago, History, News, Policy

Public Housing Museum celebrates major gift

March 31, 2014by Maya Dukmasova 2 Comments

CHICAGO – Last week, the National Public Housing Museum announced that it has received a $750,000 capital gift from the Alphawood Foundation, which will allow the organization to move closer […]

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Chicago, History, News

Scholarly scrutiny

February 2, 2014by Maya Dukmasova Leave a comment

Over the past couple of weeks, two talks by noted scholars of public housing  history highlighted issues still percolating in Chicago, 77 years after the founding of its Housing Authority […]

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Chicago, History

Stories from the high rises

January 19, 2014by Maya Dukmasova Leave a comment

On the evening of Friday, January 17 about 50 people squeezed into the second floor of the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center for a panel discussion with Audrey Petty, editor of […]

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Chicago, History, News

Vault vid

November 26, 2013by Maya Dukmasova Leave a comment

This is a short film produced by the U.S. Housing Authority in the 1930s to promote the construction of publicly-funded housing projects to clear slums across America.  The film highlights […]

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History, Housing Projects, video

Chicago’s slumlords

November 13, 2013by Maya Dukmasova Leave a comment

When the nation-wide program of building public housing projects began in the New Deal era, it was seen as a solution to the slum problem.  Crowded, unsanitary districts could be […]

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Chicago, History, Housing Projects

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