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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Roosevelt Square applies fresh approach to ‘hallowed ground’ of public housing

A rendering of the building planned at 1002 S. Racine Ave. (Moody Nolan and Landon Bone Baker)

A large residential development on the Near West Side is getting a push forward with private and public interests locking arms for a common cause. It’s a new phase of Roosevelt Square, the remaking of the former ABLA Homes. The work is devoted to the notion that mixed-income neighborhoods make for a better Chicago.

It also raises an uncomfortable question: Is it ever good when governments break promises?

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