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|famous residents = }} Julia C. Lathrop Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the North Center〔(Yo Chicago: North Center )〕 neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It's bordered by the neighborhoods of Bucktown and Roscoe Village. Lathrop Homes is one of the first Chicago public housing projects, being completed in 1938 by the Public Works Administration. Lathrop Homes was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 and is currently undergoing restoration. Lathrop Homes consists of two-story brick row houses and three- and four-story apartment buildings separated by landscaped courtyards and linked by small archways in a campus-like arrangement.〔(Lathrop Homes: RFQ Released ), Featured Advocacy Efforts, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.〕 There are a total of 925 units on 35.5 acres of land (approximately three and a half square blocks).〔(Julia C. Lathrop Homes ), Chicago's Seven Most Threatened Buildings 2007, Preservation Chicago (pdf)〕 ==History== Named for social reformer Julia Clifford Lathrop, It's one of the city’s first public housing projects, built by the Public Works Administration in 1938 and initially leased to the Chicago Housing Authority.〔〔Harvey M. Choldin, ("Chicago Housing Authority," ) Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 2005.〕 The buildings were designed in a Prairie School, Arts and Crafts style with details in a range of styles from Art Moderne to Colonial Revival.〔〔〔Alan G. Brake, ("Eyes on the Project: Top tier team to rethink, not raze, PWA housing gem," ) ''Architects Newspaper'', February 19, 2012.〕 The designers were a "dream team" led by Robert S. De Golyer and also including Hugh M.G. Garden, Thomas E. Tallmadge, Vernon Watson, E.E. Roberts, Charles White and Hubert Burnham, with landscaping by Jens Jensen.〔〔〔(Lathrop Homes ), Chicagoland Watch List, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, 2010.〕 In 1959, the authority added an 8-story building to house seniors to the south side of the project.〔Ian Fullerton, ("Historic tag for Lathrop? State agency recommends housing complex for national landmark status" ), ''Skyline'' December 15, 2010.〕 In keeping with the federal neighborhood segregation policy of the time, the development was intended for whites only.〔 As the development matured, it became racially integrated,〔〔Megan Cottrell, ("Residents, public housing officials at odds over mixed-income development plan," ) ''Chi-Town Daily News'', October 24, 2008.〕 and has been called "the city's most diverse public housing neighborhood".〔(300 Empty Units? Open them UP! Lathrop Homes residents are Ready With a Vision ), Logan Square Neighborhood Association.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia C. Lathrop Homes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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