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The downtown skyline is clearly visible from one of the fenced-in hallways at Cabrini-Green on Nov. 25, 1986. (Ovie Carter/Chicago Tribune)
The downtown skyline is clearly visible from one of the fenced-in hallways at Cabrini-Green on Nov. 25, 1986. (Ovie Carter/Chicago Tribune)
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Cabrini-Green, the public housing complex once infamous nationwide as a symbol of crime and urban blight, has been slowly demolished over the past two decades. Its mostly black residents were scattered around the city, replaced by new retail and sleek condos for wealthier white taxpayers. At one time, the crime-ridden complex was home to 15,000 people.