For generations of Chicagoans, the name “Cabrini” instantly conjures thoughts of the Cabrini-Green Homes on the Near North Side that unfortunately became a notorious symbol of failed public housing, ...

Julia Tate was headed to bed a few weeks ago when her daughter burst into their rowhouse screaming. Tate’s cousin, Devon LaSalle, had been shot. The family had urged LaSalle to not come around the ...

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The last tower at Cabrini-Green fell in 2011, but their legacy continues to cast a shadow over the city of Chicago. Ben Austen’s excellent High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public ...

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in front of the Cabrini-Green row houses in "Candyman." Credit - Parrish Lewis/Universal Pictures Long before a man with a bloody hook tormented the alleys of Cabrini-Green in ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...