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Of Dogs and Ponies, Charrettes and Charades

11/16/2011

 
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Two things I hate about Chicago is the waste and lying perpetrated by all levels of government officials and their lackeys. So I knew attending the opening charrette/charade in the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) design process for the historic Lathrop Homes was going to be painful for me. I am not a neutral observer on this one. For the past twenty years I have been on the board of a social service agency serving the youth at the Lathrop Homes. The Lathrop Homes already meet the criteria of the CHA's "Transformation". These low rise  buildings should be renovated not demolished.

Well,  I got to the meeting place, New Life Community Church, before the scheduled start time of 6:00 p.m. and picked up the button in the photo. But the dog and pony show by the development team did not start on time and I had another place to be at 7:00 p.m. so I left the church at 6:30.  I returned to the church around 8:00. The presentation was over but the debriefing session by the Lathrop Leadership Team was still going on. 

The develpment team sure has a lot of money to spend on PR materials.  I heard the developers showed a condescending video about the community. I hope it gets posted on their website so I can watch it.


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