The 7 Most Infamous U.S. Public Housing Projects

Typically, people would tell you to avoid these places - but there's quite a lot of history involved with Projects. Some of these don't exist anymore, but still worth a visit. Check out the rest at NewsOne.com

• Jordan Downs - Watts, CA

  

  Originally constructed in the Watts section of Los Angeles as temporary housing for war workers during World War II, but converted to public housing in the early 1950s, the Jordan Downs Housing projects is one of the few public housing developments named after regular people (David Starr Jordan, and Samuel Elliot Downs, two of the area's oldest residents).

• Marcy Projects - Brooklyn, NY

  

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• Robert Taylor Homes - Chicago, IL

  

  Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, the Robert Taylor Homes were at one time the largest public housing development in the country.

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