A USA TODAY cover story from Oct. 21, 1992, titled “Life, death in ‘Little Hell’” called one Chicago housing project – the Cabrini-Green Homes – “arguably the nation’s most ...

But despite not being up on all of the ins and outs of the happenings in Chicago’s Cabrini Green projects (shouts out to Candyman) what I did get from Florida was even more priceless.

CHICAGO — It is the small, everyday things that are most evocative: a rotary telephone, a Pyrex baking dish, an old hand mixer and furniture that looks well lived in. The National Public Housing ...

That remaining building, at 919 S. Ada St., on Chicago’s Near West Side, is now the National Public Housing Museum, which opens Friday after years of fundraising and construction.

Elvis grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and Joe grew up in the Cabrini Green Projects in Chicago. They were different - but they were very much the same.

He was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Sunflower, Miss., and moved to Chicago with his family three years later. He grew up in the Cabrini-Green housing projects on Chicago’s Near North Side.

Elvis grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and Joe grew up in the Cabrini Green Projects in Chicago. They were different - but they were very much the same.

The actor's career stretched back to 'Platoon' and included work on TV series such as "Law & Order" and "Night Court." Though famous for a gory horror role, Todd was a lover of classic literature.

Tony Todd, the commanding actor whose supernatural portrayal of the hook-wielding Candyman cemented his status as a horror genre icon, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles area home at the age of 69 ...

Actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and roles in many other films and television shows, has died, his longtime manager confirmed.

The infamous conditions of Cabrini Green in Chicago and other midcentury projects made the idea of government-built housing unpopular for years, but it has come back into fashion with better ...

Smith, who grew up in the North Side’s Cabrini-Green projects, first connected with Hersh’s volunteer tutor grandmother Marcy Goldberg at school when he was 6. Explore More ...