The Projects
Five buildings laid out in a star design with a building at each of the points. In the center of the star was the sixth building, the largest and the first one that had been built. The 5,625 apartments with over 25,300 residents in total were called “The Projects”. Built and maintained to house the Residents free at the Taxpayer’s expense.
The Politicians had promoted The Projects as a way to “revitalize” the slum area of the City with small shops on the ground floors followed by the razing of the neighborhood abandoned buildings. The fact that the seven term Mayor’s son-in-law had “won” the contract to build The Projects was well known but enough “palms were greased” so that fact wasn’t talked about…at least not publicly. Instead of revitalizing the area it had the opposite effect. The resulting crime and drug culture drove out the few remaining shops and businesses. Money allocated for tearing down the abandoned buildings was spent on a new park for the influential uptown part of the City.
Five buildings laid out in a star design with a building at each of the points. In the center of the star was the sixth building, the largest and the first one that had been built. The 5,625 apartments with over 25,300 residents in total were called “The Projects”. Built and maintained to house the Residents free at the Taxpayer’s expense.
The Politicians had promoted The Projects as a way to “revitalize” the slum area of the City with small shops on the ground floors followed by the razing of the neighborhood abandoned buildings. The fact that the seven term Mayor’s son-in-law had “won” the contract to build The Projects was well known but enough “palms were greased” so that fact wasn’t talked about…at least not publicly. Instead of revitalizing the area it had the opposite effect. The resulting crime and drug culture drove out the few remaining shops and businesses. Money allocated for tearing down the abandoned buildings was spent on a new park for the influential uptown part of the City.
