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16mm footage of the implosion of the Lakeview Properties public housing high rises, the crowd that gathered to watch, and the dusty aftermath.
Credits
Joe Winston (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Joe Winston Collection
Notes: The footage was shot on the morning of Saturday, December 12, 1998, as the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) demolished a collection of four 16-storey public housing high rise buildings known as the Lakefront Properties. These buildings were located in the North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood of Chicago, IL on about 39th Street and the shores of Lake Michigan. This was the first time the CHA had demolished buildings in this way.; This demolition was part of a larger project, by 2000 called The Plan For Transformation, whereby the CHA, under Mayor Richard M. Daley, demolished many of Chicago’s notorious high-rise housing projects, which were constructed under the administration of his father, Richard J. Daley.; Once the buildings imploded, an enormous dust cloud rolled east towards Lake Michigan, exactly where the crowd was gathered. Most people quickly dispersed, but a few remained.
Subjects: Construction and demolition debris; Public housing; Wrecking; Buildings
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Oakland
Cfa elements: Negatives, 250 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34706
Notes: The footage was shot on the morning of Saturday, December 12, 1998, as the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) demolished a collection of four 16-storey public housing high rise buildings known as the Lakefront Properties. These buildings were located in the North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood of Chicago, IL on about 39th Street and the shores of Lake Michigan. This was the first time the CHA had demolished buildings in this way.; This demolition was part of a larger project, by 2000 called The Plan For Transformation, whereby the CHA, under Mayor Richard M. Daley, demolished many of Chicago’s notorious high-rise housing projects, which were constructed under the administration of his father, Richard J. Daley.; Once the buildings imploded, an enormous dust cloud rolled east towards Lake Michigan, exactly where the crowd was gathered. Most people quickly dispersed, but a few remained.
Subjects: Construction and demolition debris; Public housing; Wrecking; Buildings
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Oakland
Cfa elements: Negatives, 250 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34706
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24