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Robert Taylor Homes

CTL-E-0862 · Institution · other · 1962-2007 (demolished 1998-2007)

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Completed 1962, the largest public housing project in the United States; 28 high-rises along State Street in the Grand Boulevard/Washington Park areas, demolished 1996–2007 and redeveloped as 'Legends South.'

Notes

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

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