High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing Alexandr Draganov 1641581220

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and make things right with her lesbian daughter

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and in the strong vibrant voice of a natural storyteller

High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing Alexandr Draganov 1641581220Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicagos Cabrini Green, Americas most iconic public housing project. Built in the 1940s atop an infamous Italian slum, Cabrini Green grew to twenty three towers and a population of 20,000all of it packed