The National Public Housing Museum
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 S. Halsted Street, Suite 843, MC 117
Chicago, IL 60607
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 S. Halsted Street, Suite 843, MC 117
Chicago, IL 60607
T: 312.996.0834
F: 312.996.0708
E: contact@publichousingmuseum.org
The National Public Housing Museum is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. The Museum draws on the power of place and memory to illuminate the resilience of poor and working class families of every race and ethnicity to realize the promise of America.
Images: Left: Children play in 1952 at Loomis Courts. Breezeways were called "sidewalks in the air" by the Chicago Housing Authority. Photograph by Harry Callahan
Right: The animal court at the Jane Addams Homes during the early 1950s. Statues by artist Edgar Miller are now being conserved. Photograph from the Chicago Housing Authority Archive
"We want to leave something so our children or grandchildren will know we were here... that we existed as a community."
- Ms. Deverra Beverly, Founding Chair, National Public Housing Museum
NPHM Resolution Appointing Ms. Deverra Beverly as Founding Chair.pdf (138 KB)“Whereas, we the representatives of the residents of public housing in Chicago recognize that we have a legacy to preserve and that through the establishment of a museum our legacy will continue through generations.”
- Resolution of the Central Advisory Council, Chicago Housing Authority, December 2006
American Radioworks Audio Documentary:
Click to listen to: "After the Projects"
Originally aired on Oct. 26th on Chicago Public Radio 91.5FM
Related material:
Post-election day at Altgeld Gardens:
Radio Documentary by Linda Paul with photography by Rich Cahan
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