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CHA mum on maintenance after man falls to death in elevator shaft

Why won't the CHA talk about elevator maintenance issues after a man falls to his death in one of its buildings? The CHA won't say.

2 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri

Straddling high-rises and the ivory tower, a scholar examines Chicago's public housing

Roosevelt University professor Brad Hunt's new book chronicles a series of missteps that brought Chicago's public housing to a violent low point in the 1980s.

2 years ago | Adrian G. Uribarri