Robert Taylor Homes

Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Constructed in 1962 and demolished by 2007, it was the largest housing project in the United States and even the world at some point. The development consisted of 28 high-rise buildings arranged in a linear formation spanning about two miles (3 km) along State Street, between Pershing Road (39th Street) and 54th Street, east of the Dan Ryan Expressway. The buildings were typically grouped in sets of three, forming horseshoe-shaped configurations within each block. Named after Robert Rochon Taylor, the development was part of the State Street Corridor, a concentration of Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) housing developments that also included Stateway Gardens, Dearborn Homes, Harold Ickes Homes, and Hilliard Homes.