CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The menacing row of concrete towers where four
of Katie Sistrunk's children were shot is almost all gone now, replaced
by weeds and fields, mud and memories.
The cage-like balconies that looked like prison tiers to Beauty Turner
have all but disappeared.
The gangs that peddled crack to Krystal McCraney Moore have found new
places to haunt.
One hollow-eyed lookout still paces at the entrance of the last
high-rise, watching for police so he can alert drug dealers who lurk in
the graffiti-scarred, darkened stairwells.
This is the end of the Robert Taylor Homes, the final days of what once
was the nation's largest housing project. Four decades ago, its 28
towers overflowed with thousands of poor people. Now there's just one
rotting building and a few tenants.
This month, the stragglers will leave, a step ahead of the wrecking ball.
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