Built in 1889 and once the home church of Cabrini-Green residents, the building was up for demolition. These developers chose ...
A new podcast explores how the death of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis led to Cabrini-Green being torn down. The Last Days of Cabrini-Green tells the story of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis and his mother ...
EXCLUSIVE: The story of the demolition of the Cabrini-Green public housing development in Chicago is the basis for a new podcast starring Patina Miller, Corey Stoll and Harry Lennix. The Raising Kanan ...
Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest, and a different kind of portrait ...
It has been more than ten years since the last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises—housing complexes that were built in 1942 to be affordable and safe housing for low-income residents—were demolished.
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For generations of Chicagoans, the name “Cabrini” instantly conjures thoughts of the Cabrini-Green Homes on the Near North Side that unfortunately became a notorious symbol of failed public housing, ...
A close-knit Chicago family of meager means and hesitant dreams grapples with their sense of home in the plaintive indie drama “We Grown Now,” from writer-director Minhal Baig. Set in the high-rises ...
Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest, and a different kind of portrait ...
Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest, and a different kind of portrait ...