The Infamous Cabrini-Green Housing Projects (Setting of Good Times) to Be Demolished - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-01-2010, 11:24 PM

CHICAGO (AP) - The last two families in the only high-rise left at Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing complex have 10 days to leave. The Chicago Housing Authority has sought an emergency order to close the building and a judge ruled today it's more dangerous to keep the 134-unit high-rise open for two families than it is to move them.

http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13597636

TVFactFan · 12-05-2010, 07:47 PM

I thought they already were torn down.

cocytus · 12-05-2010, 08:12 PM

They were mostly torn down during the late 90's and early 2000's.
They were (and are) being replaced by expensive condos and a gentrified neighborhood.

Good end to a bad idea.

TVFactFan · 12-05-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cocytus

They were mostly torn down during the late 90's and early 2000's.
They were (and are) being replaced by expensive condos and a gentrified neighborhood.

Good end to a bad idea.

How will they build Condo's if the area is still the HOOD?

cocytus · 12-05-2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

How will they build Condo's if the area is still the HOOD?

It's less than a mile from the lake.
That they built the projects there in first place was always controversial. And the neighborhoods surrounding it have been steadily improving.

It really is a nice area and unfortunately they allowed the projects to become a blight.

TVFactFan · 12-05-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cocytus

It's less than a mile from the lake.
That they built the projects there in first place was always controversial. And the neighborhoods surrounding it have been steadily improving.

It really is a nice area and unfortunately they allowed the projects to become a blight.

High rise projects are a thing of the past anyway, atleast in philly it is

biffbronson · 12-05-2010, 09:14 PM

I remember back when former Mayor Jane Byrne went to live there while she was in office. I think the idea was to show that the area was safe in general way back then.

There was even a parody song done, "Cabrini Green Where The Mayor Sleeps" to the tune of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." Yikes!

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12-05-2010, 07:47 PM	#2
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,067	I thought they already were torn down.

12-05-2010, 08:12 PM	#3
cocytus Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2010 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 781	They were mostly torn down during the late 90's and early 2000's. They were (and are) being replaced by expensive condos and a gentrified neighborhood. Good end to a bad idea.