CHICAGO MATTERS: Inside Housing

Triple Citizenship
Pedro DaCosta, a citizen of Brazil, the United States, and Italy, talks about his experiences.

Being Berber in Chicago
Samine, a Berber-Algerian living in Chicago, discusses her feeling about living in the United States.

Edward Said
Said, a Palestinian activist and intellectual, discusses and reads excerpts from his memoir, Out of Place.

Bonus Audio: Listen to Said's entire speech

Suburban Sprawl
5.21.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
Myron Orfield, author of American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality, talks to Steve Edwards.
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Where We Live
4.2.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
Dan Immergluck, senior vice president of Woodstock Institute, discusses home ownership patterns in the Chicago area.

What We Live In
4.2.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
An examination of changes in housing designs with Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight's architecture contributor

Gwen’s Story
3.14.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
As the Chicago Housing Authority looks ahead to a new era in public housing, Eight Forty-Eight features the personal story of Gwen Hull, a long-time Stateway Garden resident trying to cope with transition.

Community First
2.12.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
Steve Edwards talks with Gerry Cassioppi, secretary and director of Naperville Community First, about a workbook they have created to assist developers, planners, and home buyers.

Home Ownership
2.6.02 on Eight Forty-Eight
Chicago writer Gail Isaacson finds home ownership can be littered with problems.

Transforming Chicago Public Housing
10.22.01 - 10.24.01 on Eight Forty-Eight
Follow the history of Chicago's public housing from its creation to the present plan to create livable neighborhoods.
Audio on-demand of this series, plus photos and additional information