The high-rise public housing projects of Chicago have long carried their own myths. In High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, Audrey Petty, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side during the s, has edited and compiled the stories of twelve former residents of the demolished projects, torn down as part of a redevelopment project that has not been nearly as successful as was. · High-rise public housing might be gone from Chicago, but its residents remain They have their say in High Rise Stories, a new book of oral histories. by Author: Janet Potter. [EPUB] High Rise Stories Voices From Chicago Public Housing Audrey Petty This is likewise one of the factors by obtaining the soft documents of this high rise stories voices from chicago public housing audrey petty by online. You might not require more become old to spend to go to the books establishment as well as search for them.
Sometimes heart-warming, often heart-wrenching, High Rise Stories: Voices From Chicago Public Housing introduces a dozen former residents and shares their stories. For the history minded, it also includes appendices of the timeline of Chicago Public Housing, a glossary, and several essays. A lot to think about and to learn. Audrey Petty: It was a conversation with my friend Peter Orner that first spurred me to pursue an oral history of high rise public housing communities. Peter and I met up around five years ago at a conference in Chicago, and we got on to the subject of the high rises that were being torn down in the city—places like Stateway Gardens, Cabrini. The high-rise public housing projects of Chicago have long carried their own myths. In High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, Audrey Petty, who grew up on Chicago's South Side during the s, has edited and compiled the stories of twelve former residents of the demolished projects, torn down as part of a redevelopment project that has not been nearly as successful as was.
"This is a somewhat odd recommendation, because I have only just begun reading the book, High Rise Stories—Voices from Chicago Public Housing, by Audrey Petty. My students and I spent six years working from the ground floor of Stateway Gardens, a family public housing high rise as the development was gradually demolished building by building as a part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation. In High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, Audrey Petty, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side during the s, has edited and compiled the stories of twelve former residents of the demolished projects, torn down as part of a redevelopment project that has not been nearly as successful as was envisioned. The neglect of Chicago public housing has only continued. With Audrey Petty's new oral history, "High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing," a new chapter in that textual preservation project begins.
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