Robert Taylor Homes is the name of a housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway. It was completed in 1962. Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... Douglas is a neighborhood located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The Dan Ryan Expressway in 1970. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

At one time, this was the largest housing project in the world. It was composed of 28 high-rise buildings of 16 stories each stretching for two miles. As of October 2004, 25 of the buildings were demolished and three were standing. The Chicago Housing Authority plans to move out all residents by 2005. The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Robert Taylor Homes faced many of the same problems that doomed other high-rise housing projects in Chicago such as Cabrini-Green. These problems include drugs, violence and the perpetuation of poverty. Here, poverty was concentrated on an isolated site. Cabrini-Green is one of the most notorious and infamous housing projects in the world. ... The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep (such state is narcosis). ... Violence is the causing of, or acting with the intent to cause, injury to people or animals. ... Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstances. ...

A mixed-incom redevelopment will occupy the site of the Robert Taylor Homes in the future.

External links

• Official site
• An article about Robert Taylor Homes
• Robert Taylor Homes website at Emporis