Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Along the banks of the Chicago River sits one of the city's most recognizable public housing communities. Today, much of that community no longer remains. Today’s doc will take us inside of Lathrop Homes to see it’s current state, investigating what caused such a promising development to fall into abandonment.
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