Ida B. Wells Homes

CTL-E-0860 · Institution · other · 1941-2011 (demolished 2002-11)

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

CHA public housing project in Bronzeville (with the Clarence Darrow Homes and Madden Park Homes), built 1939–41 for Black tenants and demolished 2002–11 under the Plan for Transformation.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005, BCI-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BCI-001:wells-homes, CTL-DR-BVM-005:housing-ida-wells; source research type(s): institution, place.

Sources

Wikipedia — 'Ida B. Wells Homes'
Wikipedia; African American Registry; Chicago Daily Tribune (1940-10-28)
Wikipedia; blackfacts.com

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