Nation’s first public housing museum breaks ground in Chicago
Permanent exhibitions will include an Everyday Objects Gallery and a music room highlighting the work of public housing residents.
After 15 years of planning and fundraising, leaders broke ground on the National Public Housing Museum. It will be in the last remaining building of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Jane Addams Homes at 1322 W. Taylor St.
Reset hears from museum leaders about how they hope this effort will preserve stories of residents, reshape the narrative of public housing and contribute to conversations about what constitutes affordability and where to build more housing.
GUESTS: Lisa Yun Lee, executive director of the National Public Housing Museum
Crystal Palmer, vice chair of the National Public Housing Museum board and former resident the of Chicago’s Henry Horner Homes
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Nation’s first public housing museum breaks ground in Chicago
Permanent exhibitions will include an Everyday Objects Gallery and a music room highlighting the work of public housing residents.
After 15 years of planning and fundraising, leaders broke ground on the National Public Housing Museum. It will be in the last remaining building of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Jane Addams Homes at 1322 W. Taylor St.
Reset hears from museum leaders about how they hope this effort will preserve stories of residents, reshape the narrative of public housing and contribute to conversations about what constitutes affordability and where to build more housing.
GUESTS: Lisa Yun Lee, executive director of the National Public Housing Museum
Crystal Palmer, vice chair of the National Public Housing Museum board and former resident the of Chicago’s Henry Horner Homes