Bibliography

1.     Lemann, Nicholas. The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America. 1991.

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto. 2000.

A summary of the history of the Robert Taylor homes

2.       McRoberts, Flynn. "Robert Taylor Homes Public-housing Project." Robert Taylor Homes Public-housing Project [Chicago] 5 Mar. 1962: n. pag. Print.

Tells about the first family to move into the homes

3.       Belluck, Pam. "END OF A GHETTO: A Special Report.; Razing the Slums to Rescue the Residents." The New York Times 6 Sept. 1998: n. pag. Print.

Describes the crime while living in the Robert Taylor homes

4.       Venkatesh, Sudhir. "An Invisible Community." The American Prospect. The American Prospect, Inc., 19 Dec. 2001. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <http://prospect.org/article/invisible-community>.

Describes the pros and cons of public housing

5.       Cilimi, Isil. "Tearing Down The Community." Tearing Down the Community: Chicago Public Housing. National Housing Institute, Nov.-Dec. 2004. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/138/chicago.html>.

Describes the effect tearing down the homes had on the people who lived there and things they are currently doing to make the public housing cituation better.

6.  "Robert R. Taylor Homes, Chicago, Illinois (1959-2005) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed." Robert R. Taylor Homes, Chicago, Illinois (1959-2005) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. Blackpast.org, n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/robert-taylor-homes-chicago-illinois-1959-2005.

Describes some general history about the Robert Taylor homes

7. "A Dream Deferred - The Robert Taylor Homes." HubPages. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012.
 Why the homes were designed and how the plan really worked

8.  "Farewell to the High-rise | Metropolis Magazine | January 2002." Farewell to the High-rise | Metropolis Magazine | January 2002. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. .
The tearing down of the homes and the failure of the homes.
 

9.  Moser, Whet. "Chicago - Less Segregated, Still Really Segregated." Chicagomag.com (n.d.): n. pag. Jan. 2012. Web.
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How segreagation in the homes played a factor in the building and designing of them.

10. "Chicago's Public Housing Projects." Chicago's Public Housing Projects. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.uwec.edu/geography/ivogeler/w188/articles/chprjcts.htm>.
Explains why they are tearing down the homes.

 11. Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2000. Print.
Describes the public housing for the low income community.

12. Henderson, Harold. "There Goes Their Neighborhood." Chicago Reader 28 May 1998: n. pag. Web.
Describes what is happening (tearing them down) to the Taylor homes during that time.


13. Myers, Linnet. "Hell In `The Hole'" Chicago Tribune 12 Apr. 1998: n. pag. Web.
Discusses the horrible conditions in the homes


14. Wolke, Jay. "View North from Robert Taylor Homes." View North from Robert Taylor Homes. N.p., 1999. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. http://jamesiska.com/Chicago/wolke.html.
This is a story about a man who attempts to visit the Robert Taylor homes

15. Papajohn, George, and William Recktenwald. "Living In A War Zone Called Taylor Homes." Chicago Tribune 10 Mar. 1993: n. pag. Web
How the residents cope with the gang violence that terrorizes their communtities

16. Ryan, Nancy. "1st Taylor High-rise To Be Razed In Spring." Chicago Tribune 4 Mar. 1997: n. pag. Print.
Talks about the plans to tear the Taylor homes down.

17. Wilson, Andrea S. Gettin out of the Projects: An Examination of the Relocation Experiences of Seven Adolescents Formerly Residing in the Robert Taylor Homes. N.p.: n.p., 2007. Print.
A study on the effect of living in the Robert Taylor homes on children

18. Bauman, John F. From Tenements to the Taylor Homes: In Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth-Century America. N.p.: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt), 2001. Print

evaluating the initial plan for public housing

19.  Howard Husock. America's Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy. N.p.: Ivan R Lee, 2003. Print.
the mistakes of public housing in general, including the Taylor homes

20. Schwartz, Alex F. Housing Policy in the United States. 2nd ed. N.p.: Routledge, 2010. Print.
What the United States has done for public housing.

21. Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets. New York: Penguin, 2008. Print.
A writer goes inside to experience gang life in the Taylor homes.