The Ida B Wells Housing Project A History

The Ida B. Wells Housing Project A History in Photos

Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW 3004871 -D.

The Carr family in their living room, Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW 3000086 -D.

Jelna likes sciences, and is going to be a doctor. For Christmas her parents bought her this chemistry set. Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942.

Class in radio for youngsters at Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW 3000319 -D.

A children’s rhythm band in a music class, Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano. Courtesy Library of Congress.

A meeting of the Cub Scouts in the community center, Ida B. Wells Housing Project, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW 3000290 -D.

Ida B. Wells housing projects, 2003. Photo by John Brooks.

Ida B. Wells housing projects, 2003. Photo by John Brooks.

Ida B. Wells housing projects, 2003. Photo by John Brooks.

Ida B. Wells housing projects, 2003. Photo by John Brooks.

Ida B. Wells housing projects, 2007. Photo by Vanessa Marie Gonzalez.

Ida B. Wells Demolition. Photo © The Hoop Institute.

Renovations Underway, 2007. Photo by Jon Randolph.

Redevelopment, 2008. Photo by Ben L. Ross.

Redevelopment, 2008. Photo by Ben L. Ross.