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Freelance writer Megan Greenwell, who has written articles on philanthropy and nonprofits, education and the war in Iraq for the Washington Post, writes about plans for a Public Housing Museum in an article that appears on Change.org:
Chicago's once-notorious public housing complexes are long gone, torn down after names like Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes became synonymous with gangs, drugs, poorly maintained buildings and crippling poverty (an utterly captivating time-lapse video of the demolition of the last Cabrini-Green building is here). Many people who lived in Chicago in the 1980s and '90s would argue their demise is a good thing, but Keith Magee wants to show those people the value those decrepit buildings had to their residents and to the formation of a vibrant, diverse Chicago. Magee is the executive director of the fledgling Public Housing Museum, which will open in 2012 if its organizers can raise more than $13 million by December 2011. (Though Chicago-focused, the museum will also feature contributions from 10 other cities). Magee has a tough job: removing the stigma associated with living in public housing while convincing people that those complexes are worthy of a multi-million-dollar museum...Continue reading here.
