High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing (Voice of Witness)

In First-person Accounts, Former Residents Of Chicago's Public Housing Projects Describe Life In The Now-demolished High-rise Apartments And The Tone Of The Community Life And Poverty Levels That Existed. Vital Neighborhoods / By Alex Kotlowitz -- On Plans And Transformations / By Audrey Petty -- Dolores Wilson -- Dawn Knight -- Donnell Furlow -- Yusufu Mosley -- Eddie Leman -- Sabrina Nixon -- Paula Hawkins -- Sonovia Marie Petty -- Ashley Cortland -- Chandra Bell -- Tiffany Tucker -- Lloyd Peter Haywood -- Appendices. Timeline Of Housing And Civil Rights In Chicago ; The Last Tower / By Ben Austen ; High Rise Architecture / By D. Bradford Hunt ; Where Are They Now? / By The Chicago Housing Authority ; Plan For Transformation After Ten Years / By Lawrence J. Vale And Erin Graves. Compiled And Edited By Audrey Petty. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 270). In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicagos iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.