In 1995 a half-vacant public housing project on Chicago s Near West Side fell to the wrecking ball. The demolition and reconstruction of the Henry Horner housing complex ushered in the most ambitious urban housing experiment of its kind: smaller, mixed-income, and partially privatized developments that, the thinking went, would mitigate the insecurity, isolation, and underemployment that plagued Chicago's infamously troubled public housing projects.

Focusing on Horner s redevelopment, Catherine Fennell asks how Chicago s endeavor transformed everyday built environments into laboratories...

In 1995 a half-vacant public housing project on Chicago s Near West Side fell to the wrecking ball. The demolition and reconstruction of the Henry Horner housing complex ushered in the most ambitious urban housing experiment of its kind: smaller, mixed-income, and partially privatized developments that, the thinking went, would mitigate the insecurity, isolation, and underemployment that plagued Chicago's infamously troubled public housing projects.

Focusing on Horner s redevelopment, Catherine Fennell asks how Chicago s endeavor transformed everyday built environments into laboratories...