Robert Taylor Homes
human settlement in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Constructed in 1962 and demolished by 2007, it was the largest housing project in the United States and even the world at some point. The development consisted of 28 high-rise buildings arranged in a linear formation spanning about two miles (3 km) along State Street, between Pershing Road (39th Street) and 54th Street, east of the Dan Ryan Expressway. The buildings were typically grouped in sets of three, forming horseshoe-shaped configurations within each block.
Named after Robert Rochon Taylor, the development was part of the State Street Corridor, a concentration of Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) housing developments that also included Stateway Gardens, Dearborn Homes, Harold Ickes Homes, and Hilliard Homes.
History
Robert Taylor Homes were completed in 1962 and named after Robert Rochon Taylor (1899–1957), an African American activist and member of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) board. In 1950, Taylor resigned from the CHA board after the city council refused to approve proposed housing sites across Chicago that would have supported racially integrated housing.
At its peak, Robert Taylor Homes was the largest public housing development in the United States. The complex consisted of 28 high-rise buildings, each 16 stories tall, containing a total of 4,415 housing units. The buildings were primarily arranged in U-shaped clusters of three and extended along a two-mile (three-kilometer) stretch.
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