8 Most Infamous Housing Projects

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Techwood and Bowen Homes in ATL. I used to hear about them too.

 

[god shamgod]

Last time I drove down state where the Robert Taylor projects were is all green grass now. I went to elementary school directly across the street from them and my mother use to be a teacher at the kindergarten school. A lot of her students lived in those projects

I don’t live or be out south like that anymore this was several years ago

 

[TheMailMan]

No love for the Brewster

 

[OneDeep]

So it’s mainly transplants in the new apartments?

More or less yes

But the area is still predominantly black

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I’m happy Queensbridge has been cleaned up without it actually being torn down. Real great community work went into it.

 

[Erratic415]

Any Midwest heads on here know about Pruitt?

Not from the Midwest but I read a bit about it when I read a bio about the Spinks Brothers.

It was pretty notorious, and torn down back in the 70s.

They made a documentary about it awhile back.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[benjamin]

goofies really put marcy projects over this

 

[OneDeep]

goofies really put marcy projects over this

And

 

[Givethanks]

I remember my dad driving down State St and seeing all the empty lots of where the stateway gardens/Robert Taylor Homes used to stand.

It was such a culture shock to me because I read books that spoke about it, but didn't realize how big the place was.

 

[WesCrook]

Not mentioned but I drove through the Liberty Square, aka Pork and Beans projects while in Miami last year. They're currently unoccupied, but the buildings are still up.

 

[WesCrook]

I remember my dad driving down State St and seeing all the empty lots of where the stateway gardens/Robert Taylor Homes used to stand.

It was such a culture shock to me because I read books that spoke about it, but didn't realize how big the place was.

That area would be occupied right now if not for the real estate collapse in 2008.

 

[HollywoodP]

Pork And Beans should be on there. O block should def be on there too.

 

[Buddy]

Marcy is only well known cause of Jay Z.


I played basketball in Marcy, when to school with kids that lived in Marcy, etc, it wasn't that bad. Yes, there was a street element in Marcy just like most PJs in NYC have, but it's not even the worse PJs in Brooklyn.


Marcy, Tompkins and Sumner PJs are right next to each other and I hung out outside in all three while being a nerdy square with no street ties without issue.

The 41st side? Mobb Deep used to stay dropping that shyt

 

[Canada Goose]

The 41st side? Mobb Deep used to stay dropping that shyt

Mobb Deep has ties to Queensbridge which is a whole different projects in another borough. QB has a 41st side, that's most likely what Mobb Deep was talking about.

 

[Givethanks]

That area would be occupied right now if not for the real estate collapse in 2008.

Damn, It's still empty lots after all these years.

Do they still call that area in Rogers park "Jungle", now I'm older I think I know what type of timing people were on.


As a kid, seeing certain neighbourhoods in Chicago was always fascinating to me. Especially with the history behind some of these neighbourhoods. Riding the L
Really made me see how segregated the city was.