After eight years of planning, collaborative effort and construction, I am thrilled to announce that Aggie Square is finally ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago’s near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America. A former federal ...

From Chicago, Alison Cuddy reports. ALISON CUDDY: Public housing has taken many forms, from high rises to single-family homes. The National Public Housing Museum is housed in a three-story red ...

Fast forward to now, and there are some 1 million public housing units in the U.S., and the Adams Homes are getting a second act as a museum dedicated to telling the story of public housing. From ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is always a great place to visit, but this weekend is extra special. They are hosting their yearly Robot Block Party on Friday and ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) Executive Director Dr. Lisa Yun Lee speaks about the opening of the National Public Housing Museum, built in the last remaining building of the 1930s WPA-era Jane Addams Homes, ...

“It was a decent, lovely place to live.” Fischer, who eventually moved to Chicago, is chair of the museum’s board. The lobby features a desk that belonged to her father — one that Fischer ...