Robert Taylor Homes Red Buildings, Then and Now

Then: New Year's Day, 2003.
Now: March 8, 2007.

New 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell has located her office in the shopping center shown in this video. It's at 5046 S. State. Sends a nice message: that the center of the 3rd Ward universe isn't at 47th and King Drive anymore.

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• CHicago
• Housing
• Authority
• CHA
• Robert
• Taylor
• Homes
• red
• buildings
• public
• housing
• project
• time
• lapse
• strip
• mall
• demolition

[makeiteasyable]

why red?

[artistmac]

@makeiteasyable The buildings were built of red brick. The white ones were built of buff-colored brick. And if you go there today, 4 1/2 years later, you'd be hard pressed to find even a tiny piece of debris. It's all grass.

[giftpacker]

Negros should all be shot in the face point blank...

[artistmac]

@giftpacker Because you are a complete jerk, I am blocking you, and I am leaving your comment up to show the world what a combination of hate and ignorance looks like.

[Tdawg1978]

Whats with this "The Hole"??  info?! pics, why was it so bad? Gangs...

[artistmac]

It was at the southern end of Robert Taylor, near 54th Street. There was a satellite police station there, and even the COPS were afraid. The upside: traffic on State Street, even in rush hour, was always light. Still is, for the most part.

[nem1901]

when u Read the history on all da ProJects n ChiCago: well from what I've read it Starts in the 50's when construction began THEN it jumps 2 the 80's when drugs/violence were the main issue - what about the 50's60's & 70's...what was life in the projects liKe B4 the gangs & drugs???...tHe true history OUR true History is being erased !! those buildings have a story & I wanna hear it from BeGinninG 2 END.

[bigmilk274]

4101 S. Federal 1501

[nem1901]

@giftpacker you sound retarded.., get a fuckn clue

[egojames007]

I spent alot of my life staring at the red buildings. I grew up in the white buildings. all during the 60's ....I wondered how life was for those living in the red buildings...did they enjoy the same songs...did they also love the cubs or whitesox....never met or went into those red colored buildings.....but ....they looked exactly like our building...

[thissitesucks74]

@thissitesucks74 That was in the 80's

[thissitesucks74]

@artistmac I remember going to work with my dad and he used to pick up loads from an Osco warehouse in Elk Grove and would have to take it to the Conrail yard at 63rd and State.The bridge at 63rd was too low so he would have to get off at 55th and shoot down state to 63rd.The cops would watch him just roll through the red lights on state and they would not do anything about it.

[DaOldSchoolRapLova96]

its so fucken empty..........damn...it dont even look right

[kasfami]

began to tear the projects down. matter of fact thefamily residents of cabrini green jus moved out of the only project building standing jus a couple of months ago. when they relocated the projeects residents thats when crime started to go up. gangs from the projects moved into other gangs' territory in the southside of chicago. i should i know. i live in englewood where majority of those residents were placed.