Hard to think about October now, in the dog days of summer. But here goes!
Audrey Petty will be offering a preview of her new book project, High-Rise Stories, at the Chicago Humanities Festival on October 21st.
I thought our many Chicago-area alums in particular should know about
this event, and indeed I hope to meet many of you there. The festival's
director, Matti Bunzl, has a very thoughtful post on his blog about
Audrey's work and the Festival, which I strongly advise you to read.
You can find it by clicking here.
The book, which will be part of the Voices of Witness book series, is described on the series's website as follows:
"High-Rise Stories is an oral history book project that will
gather stories from residents of Chicago’s Henry Horner Homes, Robert
Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens and Cabrini-Green–all publicly-funded
edifices that no longer exist.
In 2000, with the deconcentration of poverty in city neighborhoods as
a goal, the Chicago Housing Authority initiated Plan for
Transformation, an initiative that resulted in the demolition of
thousands of housing units as well as widespread renovations and the
construction of mixed-income developments. High Rise Stories aims
to illuminate one of America’s most critical yet underreported social
issues: fair and decent housing for the members of our country’s most
vulnerable populations.
High Rise Stories will explore how generations of Chicago
Housing Agency residents made homes for themselves within the walls of
public housing, and how they have experienced the agency’s Plan for
Transformation. Tenants’ accounts of community, displacement, removal,
and relocation are not only crucial to Chicago’s social history, but are
also key to any meaningful national conversation about poverty, housing
reform, urban renewal and gentrification."
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