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Bookmark or Share- Altgeld Gardens Homes - WikipediaAltgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. The residents are 97% African-American according to the 2000 United States Census. [1]
- The 40-Year Fight to Clean Up One of America’s Most Polluted ... - VICEAltgeld Gardens, a public housing complex in southeast Chicago, seems isolated from the rest of city. Surrounded by landfills, factories, and sewage treatment plants, Altgeld’s 4,000 residents...
- Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall’s place in Chicago history is clear, its ...Altgeld Gardens is the most isolated of Chicago’s public housing communities. Completed in the mid-1940s, the complex was a racially segregated development for African Americans — war workers in the nearby armaments industry and returning veterans.
- What a Gutted EPA Could Mean for Chicago’s “Toxic Doughnut” - NRDCAltgeld Gardens was one of many examples around the country of this environmental racism. The residents began fighting to clean up these sites, and the EPA started providing technical...
- Altgeld Gardens and Phillip Murray HomesAltgeld-Murray is 1,971 rowhomes in Riverdale. Altgeld Gardens was built in 1945 and named in honor of Illinois politician John Peter Altgeld. The Philip Murray Homes were built in 1954 and named in honor of Philip Murray, a visionary leader of the labor movement.
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