urban renewal

A study of urban revitalization focusing on Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project.

<p> From the back cover: Many large US cities flounder as they search for ways to stem the spread of poverty and blight, to rehabilitate older areas and to rebuild their inner core. &quot;Reversing Urban Decline is the second of three reports which describe the link between neighborhood revitalization and the future of the city.</p>

Features on: Mass media's attacks on feminism; journalism ethics scandals; the Sony/Loews Cineplex Odeon lockout of union projectionists; an interview with professor of African-American Studies and Labor Party organizer Adolph Reed Jr.; new meat industry regulation expose by Gail Eisnitz; corporate sponsorship at the Museum of Science and Industry and its effects on exhibits on energy, AIDS, oil, food, and the environment. Published by students at the University of Chicago.