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Site of the Henry Horner Housing Projects (Chicago, Illinois) | place with historical importance, public housing estate

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / West Washington Boulevard, 1936
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The former site of Chicago housing project nick named the Hortnetz, infamous for violence and gangs. The Henry Horner Housing Projects have been completely demolished. Most of the land is vacant, awaiting development. Also the setting for the book "There Are No Children Here".

http://web.archive.org/web/20040607014458/www.thecha.org/housingdev/henry_horner_homes.html
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Coordinates:   41°53'2"N   87°40'36"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago