Why Affordable Housing Needs Good Design

Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic discusses the benefits of good design in low-income neighborhoods.

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December 7, 2000, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Some of the worst architecture in the city has been built in the name of affordable housing....Solid architecture can do much to erase the stigma of affordable housing as last-chance dwellings...Roseland Ridge is built in a pretty tough neighborhood. But its architects gave the complex the means to defend itself without turning it into a fortress. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Roseland flats are affordable --and attractive

Thursday, November 30, 2000 in Chicago Sun-Times

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