By Drew Reed

In March 2011, the last public housing high-rise in Chicago's Cabrini-Green was torn down. For many in the city, it was a relief. Cabrini-Green had come to symbolise the violence, social ills, and miserable living conditions that struck fear in their hearts.

But for the people who had lived there, the moment was bittersweet. As horrible as life there had been, it was still their home. Surprisingly, this demolition was supposed to have happened much earlier: plans to destroy the complex go back as far as 1995. 

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