In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo—a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century—uses the
historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood …

For many years Chicago's looming large-scale housing projects defined the city, and their
demolition and redevelopment—via the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for …

This article examines the theoretical foundations upon which the rationale for mixed-income
development as a strategy to confront urban poverty is built. The authors focus on four …

American society has been long plagued by cycles of racial violence, most dramatically in
the 1960s when hundreds of ghetto uprisings erupted across American cities. Though the …

Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975
and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic …

I critically assess the potential for mixed‐income development as a means of helping lift
families in US inner cities out of poverty. I identify four main propositions for the promise of …

In the 1930s, idealistic reformers attempted to create a vast public housing program using
modern architectural design. Instead they created a distinctive look that would later …

The belief that public housing projects are a breeding ground for crime has been
responsible for much opposition to public housing in the United States. There is no evidence …

In many cities, public housing has come to exemplify concentrated urban poverty and the
social problems associated with it. One major policy response to addressing these problems …

" This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of
community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization …