Cabrini–Green is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

on the Near North Side of

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named after the

Cabrini–Green Homes Cabrini–Green Homes are a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Frances Cabrini Rowhouses and Extensions were south of Division Street, bordered by Larrabee Str ...

public housing project. Most of the

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buildings were demolished in the years 1995-2011, and only the two-story rowhouses remain from the original project. The area is adjacent to

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to the north, Gold Coast to the east,

River North River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor. River North has become one of Chicago's top n ...

to the south, and Goose Island to the west. The Cabrini–Green neighborhood is being redeveloped into a combination of mid-rise buildings and row houses to create a mixed-income neighborhood with some units reserved for public housing tenants. Parks in the neighborhood include Seward Park and Durso Park. Jenner is the pre-K through grade 8 school in the neighborhood. Present residential structures include Frances Cabrini Rowhouses (1942), Parkside of Old Town (2011), and The Larrabee. The area is bordered by Larrabee Street to the west, Orleans or Sedgwick Street to the east, Evergreen Ave to the north and

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to the south.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrini-Green, Chicago Neighborhoods in Chicago Populated places established in 1942 1942 establishments in Illinois