Humane public housing

An example of Chicago's new housing developments, Oakwood Shores

There's a brief article about Chicago's new public housing, which has replaced the notorious housing developments of yore. Instead of a isolating neighborhood with few amenities, the new housing developments feature amenities such as schools and a recreation center, the same high quality for its mixed-income units, and attention paid to how the development connects to the rest of the city. Of course, I would love to see this for my own eyes - a trip to Chicago has to be imminent.

It's clear that the project success is largely due to visionary leadership from a couple of places within the city government, from Mayor Daley and Terry Peterson, the chief executive of the Chicago Housing Authority. They're setting a great example for other cities to follow.