The Last Robert Taylor Homes Hi-Rise Demolition, Pt. 5

[brut2011]

OOHH!.. I"M SO GLAD THESE GETTO PLACES ARE GONE!!!...GOOD CLEAN FOLKS ARE THERE NOW!.... GOOD RIDDANCE!!...

[artistmac]

@brut2011 Except for 35th to 36th and 41st to 44th, the west side of State Street from 35th to 54th is still mostly wasteland. And since Roundy's decided to build at 17th and Clark instead of 39th and State, the few "good clean folks" that have been able to buy homes there in this economy STILL have no place close by to shop for groceries. And you and I both know they're not soiling their dainty little feet at Fairplay at 46th and Halsted. Yay:(

[CaspersSVT]

@brut2011 Fucking retard all they did was move all this shit out west

[williambernardbrown]

@artistmac what does BTW stand for

[artistmac]

@williambernardbrown "By the way"

[williambernardbrown]

no disrespect but they flushed the toilet. i graduated at dusable in 2001 by the way so i k.ow what im talking about.

[artistmac]

@williambernardbrown The "toilet", as you put it, got flushed into South Shore, Chatham, Auburn-Gresham and other middle-class neighborhoods where landlords took Section 8 Vouchers and didn't vet tenants thoroughly. At former Mayor Daley's budget hearings, where the public got to speak, "that Section 8 house down the street" was always a hot topic for discussion. BTW, I notice that DuSable's and Beasley's windows facing west are still bricked over.

[extravirginclean]

hey, if you lived there and r here to tell about it, count your blessings.

[DIANDRANICOLELONG]

THEY RATHER DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF FIXING THEM UP FOR THE LOW INCOME FAMILYS THAT NEED THEM

[Skwiddles1]

I watch this with tears in my eyes.. My childhood... GONE.!

[ChicagoFD1996]

I Remember as a little boy, I was on the demolition site of the Robert Tayor Homes,

It was cool, but I missed thoughs buildings.

I use to see them lined up on the side of the Dan Ryan, Now they're gone.

[fnell1959]

This so sad to see my home being demolishers like this

[drmagic]

such a beautiful sight!

[barbarabell2011]

Although I did not live there, it was, in my opinion that these buildings were torn down, so many people lost their lives just living there. I personally lost schoolmates and dear friends that were killed by the violence.

[FasterThanYou321]

I heard that when they went to clean out the last of the units before the demo began, they found like thousands and thousands of empty KFC buckets. They calculated that based on the number of empty KFC buckets they found, the residents spent over $2 million dollars on KFC since 2003.

[719kai719]

@FasterThanYou321 How stereotypical of you to say this! Sounds rather racist to me.Guess you think all black people eat chicken and watermelon!

[shawtygotteeth]

@cortchubby its sad you feel this way but i wouldnt be so quick to talk smack...last time i checked it was the "white" kids who act a fool in public and disrespect their parents no matter what race white black indian watever there are gonna always be social issuses so PLEASEEEE DONT act like ur better than anyone because ur NOT. Absolutely NOT and im sick of you white folks thinkin you are. When you guys are really fuckin STUPID !

[Stuntpilot22]

okay, first of all, how did those bobcats get up there, how do they get down, and why can't they just implode the buildings instead?

[artistmac]

@Stuntpilot22 The bobcats were lifted up and down by crane. Imploding wasn't an option; one of the busiest stretches of interstate in the country and a rail commuter line run right by what used to be Robert Taylor. And with all the surrounding homes and businesses, the dust would have been an asbestos nightmare. When they imploded the Lakefront Properties in '98, the dust cloud drifted out over the lake, fortunately.

[strat4860]

@artistmac Yeah, the way they did it was certainly dustless! I think the dust was just dispersed over months rather than minutes. ...not to metion all the precious union jobs that were saved.

[MrJconnor2]

@Stuntpilot22 ummm...its called a crane, something thats been around for a long time

[Stuntpilot22]

@MrJconnor2 i only needed someone to answer once, thanks

[soln4suhreborn]

That long stretch of vacant space on Federal kinda looked like one of the lanes of Midway Plasciance only without the traffic.

[soln4suhreborn]

ROBERT TAYLOR HOMES

(1962-2007)

[BoxcarFrank]

Interesting history here despite all the shit that went down. But crime spreads elsewhere when the residents were relocated. Hell, I'm from Mokena (suburb 35 minutes South of Chicago) and there has been an increase in African-Americans who all seem to live in the low rent homes and apartments near by. My friend lives near them and had his car broken into twice. That was unheard of 10 years ago...

[barbarabell2011]

Who are you calling "nigger". Get a dictionary!

[barbarabell2011]

I am very glad that these buildings are gone. So many lives were lost and to the architechs who designed Robert Taylor Homes, I hope that they are burning in hell!! They never should have constructed such a place to begin with.

[seroMU]

@barbarabell2011 that?s right.

[HWT25]

well the homes were a good idea if only the majority of niggers acted like people...

[artistmac]

@HWT25 Funny that your comment should come the day before a profile on the Chicago Tribune on "Suburbia's Heroin Addiction". 2 of the people profiled are white addicts, 1 is a white mother of a white son who died from addiction, 1 is a black landlord whose inner-city block is plagued with suburban addicts coming in to buy, and 1 is a suburban police chief who has seen a marked increase in crimes caused by white drug users clearly not acting like "people".

[DickHead69able]

@artistmac Wow!! A newspaper article profiled white heroin addicts?!?! Well that really proves your point!!

You know it's not uncommon for a newspaper to look for rare occurences of a shocking nature and try to make naive people join their side and support them in their political agenda.

But I'm sure you consider pimping, gun & knife crime, gang violence, supplying drugs, and rape to be "acting like people".

P.S. Your videos are actually very good. Thanks for the uploads.

[shawtygotteeth]

@DickHead69able no its not a "rare occurance' this society jus kisses the white person ass and tries to hide everything and make you all look like perfect little angels and suprisingly u all are the only fucking idiots who believe this stupid shit the media puts out! and u guys talk about black people? WOW!

[scarletngold]

@HWT25 ...and this world would be a much better place without ignorant racist.

[seroMU]

@HWT25 well this world would be a good idea if ongly the majority of mules like you acted like people. ups, i forget it, you are mules. ok, it s not your fault.

[shawtygotteeth]

@HWT25 lol its funny how white people spend all their time and effort coming on YOUTUBE to down black people and get on our videos yet i barley ever see black people posting nasty racist comments on you guys videos....Hmmm shows the maturity level of us BLACK people...It also shows how IGNORANT & PATHETIC you are.

[plateshutoverlock]

Extreme callous capitalism amazingly led to the same kind of buildings that the extreme callous Soviet union had. Scandinavian countries get their "socialism" right, and they are not superpowers like the SU or US was.

[rarobins17]

WOW! It looks like it was never there. It is unfortunate because those of us who lived in these buildings knows it was not all bad. I was a toddler in 4101 S. Federal and as a young child, lived in 4022 S. State St. I was living there til I was 17. I did not do drugs nor was I in a gang. As of today, no one could ever tell I was brought up there.

Again, it is unfortunate that history can be erased like that!

[stealth459]

5100 baby!!! My family lived here from 1965 - 1975. Yea, times were rough but this is where I grew up with good childhood memories. I wouldn't change it for anything.

[fnell1959]

I grow up in 4037 Federal on the 10 floor. I moved away from there in 1971 I am sad that the Chicago Housing Authority couldnt make it much better for the other resident there

[danielb676]

ill will keep it short and simple. yall complain that it is a crime ridden area (which it is) and thank god they demolished it, but now it just gives gangs a chance to branch out a spread into different areas. i have nothing against low income people or black folks but i never seen any black people in my chicago suburb till hurricane katrina andthe projects went down. just spread em out and see how everything gets fucked up

[brandi2010100]

damn man dis where i grew up at

[sadie1155]

I didnt realize all the "projects" in Chicago were being torn down. I thought it was just Cabrini-Green, Chicago did the right thing tearing down these dilapidated, crime ridden holes. Hopefully other cities will follow suit.

[SaberTanker22]

LOL that hydraulic hammer really does save man power energy .

[tanoeda]

I LIKE THYE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEMO

[tsmith01220]

They should have blown it up with all of the trash inside.

[PawtucketPatriot66]

Good riddance....Al public hoiusing should be destiyed they are a haven for crime, criminals and the lowlife element......The government using public housing as a means for keeping minorities, in paricular blacks, down. Anything the government gives you is no good.

[artistmac]

Anything? Hmmm... Six-day-a-week mail delivery and once-a-week garbage pick-up is pretty sweet;-) So were the hot lunches when I was going to school. And ask a military veteran whether the GI Bill was a fantastic benefit.

Yes, for too long, the CHA was a terrible landlord. But so are too many private sector landlords.

[ajs1439]

@artistmac wrong now this is why crime has risen in the neighborhoods i say rebuild the projects and let wat ya'll call lowlife's go back 2 there life maybe the neiborhood would be safe (((((now ROGER THAT))))

[FasterThanYou321]

@artistmac - The GI Bill? God, you libs go back to that over and over. 6 day mail delivery? Hows that working out for you? The PO lost $8.5 billion this year. Hot lunches? My mother made my lunch for me. BTW, I bet you don't really know thing-1 about the GI Bill. Do you? Do you know anything about it? Tell me what you THINK the GI Bill was.

[artistmac]

@FasterThanYou321 So, are you saying the GI Bill should be eliminated, and that veterans who have served this country should come home after discharge and pay their own way through 4 years of college? Saturday mail delivery works fine for me, thanks. As for school lunches, why don't you tell me about the origins of THAT program. I'll give you a hint: like the GI Bill, it has its origins in the WWII years.

And your source for the KFC bucket anecdote is....

Have a nice day,

Lib

[DrCruel]

@artistmac Speaking of the military, why is government housing on post so clean and crime-free? More than a third of our enlisted soldiers are Black, and more than half come from ethnic minority groups. We have plenty of single mothers and absent fathers, but virtually no crime. In fact, details are drawn from our people to help the civilian community when there's trouble. Our on-post schools are a lot better too.

What is the US military doing right that the civilians are getting so wrong?

[artistmac]

@DrCruel I'm guessing the military is a very tough, proactive landlord (which the CHA was in the early days; at Robert Taylor in the early 60's you could be fined $5.00 for walking on the grass). Also, many of those black soldiers CAME from the projects, joined the military to escape those conditions, and have no desire to live like that again. Of course, as you know, there are gang affiliations on military bases, so it's not a complete refuge.

[DrCruel]

@artistmac There's a drug use problem too, but it's kept well hidden, and it's nothing like what goes on off-post. But I think you're exactly right - the US military is proactive at stopping problems, and their zero-tolerance policies are exactly that. I also think that they hold people more responsible for their actions, and there are people in the community (senior NCOs) that both live amongst the soldiers and who regularly check on their housing and lifestyle.

[DrCruel]

@artistmac I know a few landlords in the civilian world. They often foresee problems amongst their tenants, but can do little or nothing to correct it. A landlord has enough of a problem simply getting rid of a tenant who refuses to pay their rent.

Too often, in these big projects, the landlord is an absentee corporation run by politically well-placed politicians and their developer friends. They get their rents through the government (Section 8) and have no reason to police their properties.

[Barricade17]

And white people need to go back to britain then? Hell, white people were not the first ones to live on this land, the native americans were. You racist types are really scared on the inside. Scared of what you ask? It's simple, you are all afraid of becoming what you hate most.... a minority. I have some news for you racists out there..... You already are. More than 76% of all human beings on planet earth have colored skin. If you want to feel like you are not a minority, go to iceland.

[statnone]

@PawtucketPatriot66  do you think people have a chooise?

[loonmaniac]

@PawtucketPatriot66 But what can we do about the fucking Jews?

[deezedayz]

I remember the first time I came home after the demolitions took place and that whole area looked foreign to me, someone who grew up in that neighborhood... I had many friends who grew up in 4525 S. Federal, a couple who I still keep in touch with... Man, Chicago is a much different city from what I knew growing up and only time will tell if that's for the better or for the worst...

[artistmac]

Judging from the number of vacant, foreclosed, boarded up homes even in middle-class neighborhoods here, it's going to be for the worst. And a 2016 Olympics wasn't going to fix that mess; just make downtown hotels and businesses and out-of-town contractors richer.

[MGR1900]

Good riddance!

[Varicolor]

So much said in so few words.

[mskenny]

I never lived in Robert Taylor Homes but I had many friends who did. I spent a lot of time in the 4525 S. Federal building.

[alrightbyme1]

I never lived in the Robert Taylor homes but I did attend Dusable High School and I must say if it wasn't for those homes I wouldn't met all my fun friends that I have now. Thanks for posting.

[Daddel666]

I read the german version of "Gang leader for a day" (its called Underground Economy here...) and wanted to take a look... impressive. by the way, what happenend to J.T. ?

[DukeNukem65]

One word... IMPLOSION!

[flyingcletus]

I just read a book called GANG LEADER FOR A DAY and wanted to see what the Robert Taylor PJ's looked like. Stunning images man.

[diya1232]

Wow. I just found this video when conducting a search on Robert Taylor homes (I'm writing about research conducted there) and I have to say this is a very moving video, even though you used no narration and let the images -- and sounds -- speak for themselves.

[blazak]

Just finished reading Gang Leader for a Day. The last chapter is all about the demolition of Robert Taylor Homes. Amazing book!

[cmarlow480]

so wait all these schools that you showed Beetoven, Baptiste, Farren?

they tore all those schools down?

so what is there now?

[artistmac]

They're all still there. Coleman's definitely closed. Beethoven's being used (I think). DuSable High School's still open, but under a different name. At the Chicago Public Schools, they're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

[jdawgsworld]

i like that hammer...

[tsarita]

wow that's a dangerous job!

[proteanview]

This building must have been very well-constructed. I mean, why couldn't they just perform a controlled demolition w/ explosives?

[SSHitMan]

For some reason Chicago won't allow it, it could very easily been demolished with explosives.

[macdaddy112003]

LOL WTF NIGGA U TRIPIN

[SSHitMan]

Excuse me? There has never been a building demolished with explosives in Chicago. There's nothing special about these buildings that prevents it.

[artistmac]

The city DID implode the Lakefront Properties in 1998; all four buildings were identical in design to Robert Taylor homes. But they were on the lake, and the cloud of dust from the implosion, by luck, blew out over the lake. It never would have worked with Robert Taylor; too many people nearby who would have been affected if something had gone wrong.

[djspock]

These buildings were extremely well built.

They were built very efficient and meant to last longer than what they did. Of course, they are not knocking them down solely because they were falling apart - due to poor management - but for other obvious social problems...

[ccsohot4u]

i go 2 dusable high skool

[sde642]

It was very unsettleing. I lived in the area during the 70's and have been away since the early 80's memories bad and good came flooding back.

[zooomdweebie]

To me, you can't hate on people born into the streets, in a material world with no materials. Do you think they're going to just hop into a better life?

Drugdealers and hookers...not good, but it's not as if they started this cycle, they were born into it. If we want to take out the projects, a wrecking ball isn't the answer. We need people in the housine authority who give a flying f**k about what they're doing, and some decent funding for them.

[theblackhand2]

Good riddance! These hi-rise tenements projects were the worst mistake ever to happen to Chicago and any other city that built similar projects. Glad to see these monstrosities get taken down. I hope the surrounding communities improve.

[artistmac]

We've got a new alderman, and that will make all the difference for us surrounding communities. But if the CHA isn't a better landlord and enforces its rules and regs, it won't matter whether the replacement housing is high-rises or McMansions.

[mikesmithleslie]

Thank God that piece of shit housing is done with!! That video was hot in the streets! Especially the part where they knock the walls down! Good ridence!!!!!!!

[mzmiller13]

WHY DiD i WATCH DiS? :( DiS HURT VERY BAD!

[moviefanaticfan]

how come the city of chicago didn't just use the same people who demolish those hotels in las vegas? it would have got the job done quicker and probably saved the taxpayers a whole lot of money.

[artistmac]

Saving taxpayers money has never been a concern for our city's leaders;-) But American Demolition, the suburban company which has the CHA contract to tear Chicago's project high-rises down the traditional way, is making a pile of money. Unfortunately, that's the Chicago way, and not enough voters seem to mind.

That voter apathy is also the reason that, as of July 1, Chicago will have the highest sales tax rate (10.25%) in the nation:-(

[kaybee6139]

DAMN IT CRAZY, THAT WAS ONCE HOME.

[bigantof07]

i go to dusable high school right over there

[lester12483]

Wow are those buildings SOLID. They would have stood forever. They don't make them like that anymore.

[bigmilk274]

4101 S Federal 1501

[blacksilverjose]

can,t be worst looking than the southbronx all you see 20 story projects ever where you look. full apartments smelling of drugs weed and crap! and full angry aggressive peolpe i hope they nock down all these hell houses.

[Babysista26]

Good. It was ridden with crime and drug infested.

[thesanfordchick]

what da fuck they tear are shit down 4 they act like thats gonna make something better they wrong it gonna git bader because now we on blocks in da next generation gonna turn dat shit out if we aint did it yet i dont no why they took dat from us we was safe and we was doing are thing but dats A DUM MOVE THEY DONT KNOW THEY MADE IT BADER R.I.P ROBERT TAYLORS I HAD FUN IN THM PROJECTS WE ALL INJOYED IT AND THEY TOOK IT FROM US U BITCHEZ

[hep2jive]

this video sucks, you cocksucker!

[applejack47]

Wow, the end of an era. Never again shall the Robert Taylor Hi rise projects. Ever they were hell on earth. I went to DuSable High School and graduated in 1979. I live in CA now and believe me, California does not have public housing like that and they never, ever will. Thank God they've torn them down. NEVER AGAIN!!!

[LOS41510]

im from san francisco.. at one time the city by the bay had a high rise housing project named GENEVA TOWERS.. it was built in the mid 60's and demolished in may 1997. oakland has high rise housing projects named Acorns but im unsure if that is only for senior.. i dont know about Los Angeles or san Diego but yeah most of california doesnt have high rise housing projects due to its impossible way to police every part of the area.

[JANEONELOVE]

I use to live on Ellsworth street in san fran cali back in the 70s and that was a project...and it's probably still is a project ..that used to have people with section 8. housing voucher

[LOS41510]

your probably talking about the Alemany homes.. thats the 2nd oldest to sunnydale homes projects that were built. today alemany homes is still around and SFHA (san francisco housing authority) like all of the nations HUD wont do anything to rehab or fix the projects. they say they dont have money i say its the war that took away housing money

[JANEONELOVE]

i agree with u LOS41510 i hate our president and i hope we DON'T GET MCCAIN ..god please help us all.

[JANEONELOVE]

and yes i am talking about the housing project down near alemany i remember up on the hills behind 900 ellsworth street apartment, there was a fire that burst out in a white house behind that aparments up on that hill.

[remy9757]

I just had to come and see the last of whats left of my families true home...though we've lost something that was great and horrible in ways we also have gained something to come...rip robert taylor...ms. wilcoxon 5th floor candy lady...

[SweetSweetWaldo]

Always regarded those buildings with awe and sadness. I don't believe the CHA hype, though. SEE FIGBLI'S REMARKS. Destroying structures will not solve the probem. Yes, Robert Taylor had to go, but without economic reforms this country is unwilling to make, the "ghetto" will arise elsewhere just as scary.

[sorcerykid]

Wow great documentary feel. Very timeless. Good work.

[DewbieHaut]

Drope131 & illslogic you talk to much you need to talk on AIM not in the posts, you morons.

[thatboyfromdachi]

damn they doin my old building bougish

[illslogic]

Do me a favor and film the whole shit when they get my projects which is the Harold Ickes down on the low end. I hear they gonna get em soon and to be totally honest it hurts me to even think about the shit because even though I've long moved on and I'm doin good in my life I got all my ideas for my dreams from lookin out those project windows at the skyline. I had the best view in the world and I'll always remember how I knew I was gonna be something by starin out that window.

[artistmac]

Dearborn and Ickes are supposed to be renovated. No word on whether they're going to move everyone out or do it in stages. But in her last newsletter before she was defeated, Dorothy Tillman listed getting the funding as one of her accomplishments. She lied, of course; the decision to renovate was made in Washington and was completely out of her control. Just like the decision to tear down Robert Taylor and Stateway. But she still got 46% of the vote April 17. Amazing.

[musikfanat]

Inner city prisons! It's good that they are gone-built to discourage black people form getting it together! And you, Drope, go get your head out of your ear and find some meaning to your Life besides being a racist dog...

[Drope131]

notice how i failed to even comment about anyones race. now whos being racist here? i didnt mention whites nor blacks not hispanics in my comment. be careful when you assume. :)

[Drope131]

haha! they wernt your buldings. they were given to you by the goverment and all those people living in there ruined it for themselves! get off welfare and go to work!!!

[illslogic]

That's nothing to laugh at you simple minded muthafucka because mark my words whatever grimey shit that lingers from a place like this will eventually show up at your doorstep in the form of a home invasion sooner or later and that goes for any city you live in. This country is in for some ILL shit up the road and I hope you're one of the first muthafuckas to feel the affects of a new world order in progress.

[illslogic]

Another thing Drope131 i'm glad you think it's funny that welfare isn't provided for citizens of this country but the president can send thousands of soldiers to die in a meaningless war that's supposedly helping the citizens of Iraq but these muthafuckas still have yet to help all the Katrina victims get back what they lost and NEVER will at this point and you think this shit is funny? You sick muthafucka I wish you was in this building while they were tearing it down.

[Drope131]

hey guess what buddy. im talking about chicago not new orleans. they shouldnt be building a city under sea level anyway! yeah see thats exactly why they were torn down pal! look at how you talk!

[illslogic]

No PAL, them being torn down doesn't have a damn thing to with the way that I TALK, what kind of goofy fuckin statement is that? However i'm talkin it's more intelligent than the president so if a dumb ass can be a president I should be able to talk however I wanna fuckin talk right? Obviously my statement about New Orleans went over your head you missed my point or you ignored it.

[Drope131]

remember welfare is provided for citizens in this country. why do you think the projects existed? what they needed to do was get a job and move out! noooooooooo, they wanted to stay!! bye bye RTH! never come back and ruin our city that IMMAGRANTS built!

[illslogic]

Don't tell me shit about THIS COUNTRY because I know EVERYTHING about it so I don't need somebody with their head up their ass trying to school me on that subject. THIS COUNTRY don't even give a fuck about those who have fought wars for them, lost limbs for them, died for them. They can't even provide proper health care or benefits for their own vets so don't talk that they provide welfare for citizens bullshit to me PAL.

[Drope131]

then let me have it mr. know it all! are you a historian now or something??? did you get your doctrate in harvard? to me you just sound like a liberal who dosent even know what a liberal is! seriously, if you are going to try to argue with me about the history of this nation, pplllleeaaassee i beg you to do it in an educated way. remember who landed in america first :) IMMAGRANTS!!!

[Drope131]

i didnt mention anything about welfare for war verterans, if you knew anything about this country would be very aware of the veterans act. please read over what i write before you respond to me. war vets has nothing to do with the destruction of the robert taylor homes. by the way, i went to the sox game today and i loudly clapped on 35th street that there is only half of one left!!! NEVER RETURN!! it wasnt called "hell on earth" for nothing!!!!

[illslogic]

IMMAGRANTS built what? You monkey muthafucka MY ANCESTOR BUILT THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY AND DON'T YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE FORGET THAT SHIT, PAL!!

[Drope131]

your ancestors didnt build this whole intire country either for your info, unless you are like italian irish black, hispanic, chinese, etc. dont forget what new york used to be man. if you knew everythign about this country you would know who built new york and chicago. little italy hasnt been torn down has it? nor has little village nor greek town nor the poles who live on the west side of chicago. interesting...... next time back up your statements with facts

[theironman63]

It was a program gone wrong. The low income housing that is being built in it's place is pretty nice. Plus, most of the buildings that are staying are being rehabbed.

[figbli]

That nice "low-income" housing you speak of is mixed-income housing. You mentioned buildings being rehabbed; all 28 of the Taylor Homes (4,300 apartments) were demolished. Only 2,550 are being built in their place, of which 851 are for low-income people.  That leaves the CHA short 3,449 apartments on this one project alone. 3,449 families who don't have the money (and probably credit) to find a decent apartment in pricey Chicago. Some replacement, huh? Shame on the CHA.

[Aenema28]

Shame on the people who refuse to better their situation, Shame on the ones who live off of my tax dollars(welfare) yet still have enough money to buy crack and automatic weapons...Which is what irks me, if all these people are so broke that they cant live anywhere but low income housing, then where is the money coming from, the money for the $45,000 a day drug trade there, and the weapons for the gang warfare...it means somebody is defrauding the government(read:taxpayers) out of our money.

[Aenema28]

Which is why EVERYBODY applying for welfare should have to take a drug test beforehand, and EVERY month for as long as they are on it. How much money do you think would be saved if that were to happen?

[blacksilverjose]

I agree!

[blacksilverjose]

I agree!

[artistmac]

Well, I'm not crazy about having my tax money go to pay for roads, sewers and shopping centers in suburbs I don't live in or visit and wouldn't be welcome if I did. Cuts both ways.

[LessEGR]

@Aenema28 Dont you realize... what they get from taxpayers isnt enough.... They want more for nothing... .If they dont get it, result to violence and drug sales...

It sad, really sad..

[RELOADER82]

@Aenema28 You entitled little brat. go back to your gated community where none of the lazy immigrants can get to you and your precious family.

[sassySQ]

that bulldozer demolition thingi is movin a bit fast in it?

[artistmac]

This was a week before our municipal elections (mayor/alderman), so I suspect that had something to do with it. Gotta look busy to impress the voters;-) Not that they were watching.

[sassySQ]

right

[outbacker1]

Excellent footage. I didn't realize these were all getting torn down. Closest I lived was in Pilsen. I did see Cabrini slowly getting demolished - as Division was getting redeveloped.

[artistmac]

There was an article in the Tribune last week that the CHA is even tearing down Leclaire Courts, out near Midway, and Lathrop, up near Diversey and Clybourn. No word on what will be replacing them, though.

[Imerica1]

My husband and I attended DuSable. He graduated in 91, and I, in 92. Its a shame that so much has changed there. Our alma mater is now a school witha name I don't recognize. There are my schools!! Beethoven and DuSale. :(

[Imerica1]

Actually, that's what we needed in that neighborhood. A change. A lot of people felt imprisoned there... the neighborhood needs to be opened up a bit now.

[roberttaylor43]

that some lame ass shit tearing our buildings down