WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:06.180 You 2 00:00:43.980 --> 00:00:44.780 a 3 00:00:44.780 --> 00:00:51.520 City like its people has its generations when it grows old a new city must take its place 4 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:00.000 5 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:26.960 a 6 00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:32.360 Grown up fast spreading over what seemed a century ago an endless plane 7 00:01:33.700 --> 00:01:39.980 In the process Chicago produced the world's first skyscraper and some of its finest architecture 8 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.340 But the city grew without a comprehensive plan 9 00:01:44.380 --> 00:01:48.760 Inevitably some of it grew chaotically. It is not weathered well 10 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:06.640 Today the endless plane is gone. We must build a new city on top of the old 11 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:12.340 Today we have and have to have a comprehensive plan for the city of Chicago 12 00:02:12.340 --> 00:02:17.140 Taking into account the needs of all the people to have a decent place to live 13 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:26.940 The need for living space for convenient transportation systems and commercial centers for playgrounds and schools for parks grass and trees 14 00:02:26.940 --> 00:02:30.740 All the elements that make the city a good place to live 15 00:02:31.260 --> 00:02:36.080 The comprehensive plan designates 47 areas in Chicago for renewal 16 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.040 25 of these have been completed 17 00:02:40.540 --> 00:02:44.660 The city also is saving old buildings that are still sound and useful 18 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:49.820 Maintaining the character of a neighborhood and renewing it where that is possible 19 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:07.040 But 20 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:10.060 We are tearing down what stands in the way of a better city 21 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:15.240 Some buildings must go simply because they occupy space needed for something else 22 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.740 But for the most part, it's the worn-out areas of the city that are making way for the new 23 00:03:22.200 --> 00:03:24.220 Places that are no longer habitable 24 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:27.780 Places beyond repair 25 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:38.640 Each year 3,000 families are displaced by urban renewal 26 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:44.900 This is only 1.7% of the 175,000 Chicagoans who move in a year 27 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:48.720 Still, those displaced rarely find it easy 28 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:51.600 This film is about some of those people 29 00:03:51.600 --> 00:03:54.860 Real people who will tell the story in their own way 30 00:03:54.860 --> 00:03:59.700 I've lived here so many years it's just kind of hard to tear up the roots 31 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:05.580 I know the children want to move, but now I couldn't take their part. I'm just giving you my opinion 32 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:09.460 Yes, I'll be glad to move. I just don't want to move anywhere 33 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.040 I don't want to be thrown away regardless to how old I am 34 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:19.060 You'll move a whole lot more people mister before you move me, believe me 35 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:21.220 Me after 72 years? 36 00:04:21.940 --> 00:04:23.540 An old man after 76? 37 00:04:24.380 --> 00:04:27.220 Hey, they're very nice, you know 38 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.160 Where are we gonna go? 39 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:32.460 Gonna find me a place? 40 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.460 Well, the city is going to help find a place 41 00:04:36.060 --> 00:04:38.480 That is the job of the relocation worker 42 00:04:39.200 --> 00:04:48.480 The Department of Urban Renewal has 125 such people working every day to help families from renewal areas get relocated in good housing 43 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:52.160 Betty Stewart is one of those relocation workers 44 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.680 How did it get this way? 45 00:04:57.500 --> 00:05:02.200 There are more good people than bad people living in these run down buildings 46 00:05:03.260 --> 00:05:06.060 And yet they have to suffer the 47 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:15.260 In sanitary conditions, the unsafe conditions, the fires, all the havoc that goes with this kind of living 48 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:19.420 Take the money! 49 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:24.360 What do you want? 50 00:05:24.640 --> 00:05:28.260 Mrs. Bay, I'm in the store for urban renewal relocation 51 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:34.000 As you know, I'm going to have to move and I think I'll be able to help you 52 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:35.380 You'll be the first one 53 00:05:35.380 --> 00:05:42.680 Well, we have some things to talk about that I'm sure will make it much easier for you 54 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.240 Won't you let me come in and explain it to you? 55 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:46.580 Alright, come on in 56 00:05:48.020 --> 00:05:48.900 Thank you 57 00:05:48.900 --> 00:05:51.060 Turn that television down 58 00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:53.560 Jane, this is Mrs. 59 00:05:53.700 --> 00:05:54.100 Stewart 60 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:55.700 Good morning Mrs. Stewart, how are you? 61 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.380 Fine, thank you. I'm from Urban Renewal Relocation Division 62 00:05:59.380 --> 00:06:00.200 Yes, ma'am 63 00:06:00.200 --> 00:06:05.220 And as I explained to Mrs. Bay, I'm here to help you find a place to move 64 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:05.620 Uh-huh 65 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:08.480 You know, the city has purchased this building from the owner 66 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:13.460 Yes, ma'am, we knew that. When we rented the place, the guy told us that the building would be torn down 67 00:06:13.460 --> 00:06:19.620 Well, this is correct and as I said, I'm here to help you find another place and a good place 68 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:24.700 We have time on our side. We have time to prepare for this move 69 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.640 We'll make it as easy as we possibly can 70 00:06:28.640 --> 00:06:30.880 You mean with 12 children, you can make it easy? 71 00:06:31.340 --> 00:06:32.420 You have 12 children? 72 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:33.520 Yes, I have 73 00:06:33.520 --> 00:06:38.040 Well, needless to say, this is a problem, but we're going to do it 74 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.700 Well, that would be better than we have given. We've been searching for 10 years 75 00:06:41.700 --> 00:06:50.180 Well, it's our job to look for housing on a daily basis, including housing for families like yourself, large families 76 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:54.900 Uh, but let's not go into that right now. May I take a look at your apartment? 77 00:06:55.900 --> 00:07:00.360 The first visit to a family by a relocation worker is a sort of fact-finding mission 78 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:06.760 Usually it takes time for all the families in a building to relocate, and usually the building is in pretty bad shape 79 00:07:06.760 --> 00:07:13.140 The relocation worker checks for dangerous conditions which the city, as new temporary landlord, must take care of 80 00:07:13.140 --> 00:07:19.240 The city will patch up plumbing and wiring, board up windows and vacant apartments to discourage vandalism 81 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:27.080 Make sure there's enough heat and so forth, whatever is needed to make the place as livable as possible until all the tenants are out 82 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:34.100 The worker must know whether there are any special problems, like 12 children, that will affect the effort to find a new place to live 83 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:42.000 What sort of resources does the family have for acquiring new housing? What kind of housing do they want? Can they afford it? 84 00:07:42.260 --> 00:07:45.300 In general, a history of each family and its needs 85 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:53.540 We moved in this place here because at least it had heat. Where we moved from, from out on Green Street, we had no heat 86 00:07:53.540 --> 00:08:02.200 We moved here in the dead of the wintertime just before the big snowstorm, and we were lucky to get in here and find someplace to keep warm 87 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:11.840 There are 12 children in the Bay family. According to Mrs. Bay, they've moved 25 or 30 times in the last 10 years 88 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:13.060 Have we moved them before? 89 00:08:13.760 --> 00:08:22.140 According to Mrs. Bay, no. Mr. Bay is a skilled worker. He's a carpolster by trade and a very good provider, it seems 90 00:08:22.140 --> 00:08:28.600 After Betty Stewart finds out what the situation is, she reports it to her supervisor, Archie Hernandez 91 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:36.460 Mr. Hernandez's job is to know what's needed, make sure it gets done, and to coordinate the special services of the division 92 00:08:37.400 --> 00:08:46.680 Now, Mr. and Mrs. Whitehall, we found a unit for them. They accepted it. They were to go and sign the lease tomorrow 93 00:08:46.680 --> 00:08:51.520 However, Mr. Whitehall has been fired for alcoholism 94 00:08:51.520 --> 00:08:56.960 A great deal of the relocation division's time is absorbed by problem families like the Whitehalls 95 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:06.460 The division works closely with other public and private agencies to help such families, providing public assistance, job training and placement, health care and other services 96 00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:12.580 Relocation for many families has meant not only better housing, but a better life 97 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:13.640 Will do 98 00:09:13.640 --> 00:09:17.360 Fine, thank you. Ray, how is your workload coming along? 99 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:23.440 Pretty well. I want to discuss a few of the problems I encountered when I was in the field yesterday 100 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:23.940 Go ahead 101 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:27.240 Remember the daughter, the younger daughter 102 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:32.400 Ray Cheris, like Betty Stewart or any relocation worker, must work with families with problems 103 00:09:32.400 --> 00:09:39.600 However, the main job and the first duty of the division is to find good housing for every family that moves 104 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.920 For the average families that need nothing more than a good place to live 105 00:09:43.920 --> 00:09:52.500 And remember the Orton's that we're moving, well I went to see them and they've lived in this place, you know, for 13 years 106 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:59.700 And they're distressed and distraught about moving from this place, although it is most inadequate 107 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:03.820 They find it home and dislike moving 108 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:10.660 There is a good income and a steady income. Mr. Orton's worked for 21 years at the same place 109 00:10:10.660 --> 00:10:14.500 Attention please, last call for the Burlington Railroad 110 00:10:14.520 --> 00:10:22.880 Hello, morning Zephyr, train number 21 is now loading through gate number 12, last call 111 00:10:22.880 --> 00:10:27.480 Harvey Orton came back from World War II and went to work at Union Station 112 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.280 He's worked there ever since 113 00:10:29.280 --> 00:10:36.980 For the last 13 years, he and his wife Elizabeth have lived in a studio apartment in the Norwell building at North Avenue and Wells 114 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:43.240 Now the building's coming down and finding a place for the Orton's is Ray Cheris' responsibility 115 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.060 Hello, this is Mrs. Cheris, the Department of Urban Renewal 116 00:10:50.640 --> 00:10:58.440 Oh, I called you about an apartment that you had advertised in the paper, I'm interested in it for one of our channels 117 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:02.360 Betty Stewart, meanwhile, is house hunting for the Bay family 118 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:07.440 The policy of the relocation division is to offer families as many choices as possible 119 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:13.580 This means some hard searching because there's only so much housing available for families on limited income 120 00:11:13.580 --> 00:11:15.960 And not any place will do 121 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.380 Where people move is their own decision 122 00:11:18.380 --> 00:11:24.080 But if the city is to assist in that move, the new place must measure up to the city building codes 123 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.860 And it must cost no more than 25% of a tenant's income 124 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:36.500 Frequently, the greatest service the relocation division can perform is simply to inform people of the choices open to them 125 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:43.000 Families are advised that they have first priority on FHA loans and public housing if they want it 126 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.280 And they have the energies of the department's relocation workers to help them find the kind of place they want 127 00:12:15.780 --> 00:12:21.780 All their married lives, Mr. and Mrs. Bay had wanted to buy a house, but thought it beyond their means 128 00:12:22.540 --> 00:12:30.400 Mrs. Bay fell in love with this house, and with the help of an FHA insured loan, they were able to buy it 129 00:12:30.400 --> 00:12:34.280 Harvey and Elizabeth Orton, however, are confirmed apartment dwellers 130 00:12:34.280 --> 00:12:36.480 I'm the trees beautiful Harvey, she's the tree beautiful 131 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:36.480 132 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:40.140 And this is your apartment and this is your balcony 133 00:12:40.140 --> 00:12:41.360 How nice 134 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.820 You know, this is, I told you, was a rehabilitated building 135 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:50.820 This building was rehabilitated with a low interest government insured loan for moderate income families 136 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:54.560 The Ortons looked at several places, but liked this one the best 137 00:12:54.560 --> 00:12:57.660 They signed a lease and got ready to move 138 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:08.800 The Department of Urban Renewal pays for moving expenses up to a maximum of $200 139 00:13:10.140 --> 00:13:14.740 It will pay the mover directly if the family chooses a mover as the Ortons have 140 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.560 Or it will pay a flat fee per room of furniture 141 00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:21.960 The Bays decided to do their own moving 142 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:28.900 After moving 30 times in the past 10 years, sometimes in the dead of winter, this move was a picnic 143 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:33.720 Even the Bay's dog, McCloud, came along for the ride 144 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.720 Please sit down if you can find a spot 145 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.860 Oh, that's not so difficult 146 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.640 You gonna play us a tune Harvey? 147 00:14:11.900 --> 00:14:13.400 I don't believe so, Nanny 148 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:15.880 Do you think you're gonna be happy here? 149 00:14:15.880 --> 00:14:23.140 Oh, we like it. It's clean, it's been redecorated, the plumbing is good, in good condition 150 00:14:23.140 --> 00:14:26.720 And there's a nice fridge there, the stove works 151 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:32.880 But the gas man and the telephone man were here and we missed them 152 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:35.560 So I don't know about the gas 153 00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:39.660 When did the gas man say he was going to get the gas on for you? 154 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:48.940 He said he'd be back on the 28th, that's three days away 155 00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:55.840 Well, I'll call the office and see if our management aide can get that gas installed for you before the weekend 156 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:59.020 You know, one has to eat if he can 157 00:14:59.760 --> 00:15:02.660 You've got to have coffee and so forth, you know 158 00:15:02.660 --> 00:15:04.640 How do you like this place, Mr. Orton? 159 00:15:04.640 --> 00:15:07.600 Oh, it's a big difference over the old place 160 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.900 There's more room here, it's quieter 161 00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:15.600 And what bugged me about the old place was the elevator would go on and blink 162 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:17.940 And you had to walk up four floors 163 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:21.780 Here on the second floor it's easier to walk up and down 164 00:15:21.780 --> 00:15:23.640 There's no elevator to worry about here 165 00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:25.240 It's very nice and quiet 166 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:29.260 And the rent, not much more than what we paid down there 167 00:15:29.260 --> 00:15:33.200 Of course we had to pay our own utilities here, but it's worth it, it's quieter 168 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:39.400 It's a nice courtyard and there's more room, so we're happy 169 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:48.080 Hi, Mrs. Day, how are you? 170 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:49.820 Come on in and take a look at the place 171 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:51.620 Oh, I'd love to, thank you 172 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:53.420 Do you have any problems yet? 173 00:15:53.780 --> 00:15:58.340 No, except it'll look better after we get furniture in it 174 00:15:58.340 --> 00:16:00.100 But I'm pretty proud of it anyway 175 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:03.560 I would imagine it's lovely and the lawn is beautiful 176 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:05.320 Boy, you should see the back one 177 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.080 It's nice, have all kind of flowers out there 178 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.820 The only thought I find in the backyard though is the bees 179 00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:15.100 Oh, the bees, you don't have a beehive 180 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.960 No, I don't imagine so 181 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:23.220 Very good, I think that's a little better than those other little things that crawl around, don't you? 182 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.860 Oh, that's better than the other place 183 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:29.720 The Bay's new house is lovely 184 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.860 A good kitchen, a bathroom where the plumbing really works 185 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:41.360 The house is the kind of house we dream about for most of our families 186 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:47.020 The recreational possibilities in the basement, for example 187 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.840 The children being able to entertain in the basement 188 00:17:01.880 --> 00:17:08.960 The aesthetic part particularly appeals to me as it appeals to Mrs. Bay 189 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:17.400 The grass, the trees, the flowers, the ability to go outside and do something 190 00:17:18.300 --> 00:17:22.340 So the children are not underfoot most of the time 191 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:28.620 The Bay's have always dreamed of a house 192 00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:32.340 They just didn't know the formal steps to take 193 00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:40.980 All of our families do not move to standard beautiful places 194 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:48.360 They sometimes move from substandard to nice places 195 00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:58.460 Or maybe not so nice because there isn't this grass, this outside area, all the other things the Bay's have 196 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:06.060 There are times when the city is unable to meet all of its relocation standards 197 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:11.440 It happened, for example, when fire drove the tenants from this building on South Kimbart Street 198 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.740 Among them, a mother of four who receives aid to defend the children 199 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:18.920 The relocation division found another apartment within three days 200 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.480 But it is not adequate to this woman's needs 201 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:25.260 It is difficult when there is no father in the home and no money 202 00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:29.780 The city, in this case, paid the two months' advance rent required by the landlord 203 00:18:29.780 --> 00:18:37.300 It arranged to move whatever furnishing survived the fire and replaced some that were lost, including beds for the children 204 00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:39.620 But the apartment is small 205 00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:42.280 The family had six rooms in the old place 206 00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:43.820 Here there are only four 207 00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:49.080 The dining room had to be converted into this second bedroom to make enough sleeping space for all 208 00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:51.720 The mother, her two daughters, and the two sons 209 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:53.880 The family is crowded here 210 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:55.820 However, the building is basically sound 211 00:18:56.700 --> 00:19:00.440 The mother has told her relocation worker that she does like the new neighborhood 212 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.920 That she's grateful to have found a place so soon after the fire 213 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:09.280 And she will make do until something better can be found for her as it has been for others 214 00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:15.520 What? What? What? 215 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:25.660 Andrew Chitwood, Jr. and his family moved into public housing at 2745 West 25th Street 216 00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:28.920 It's not fancy, but they like it 217 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.160 My children got plenty of places to play 218 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.220 It's a real convenient neighborhood here 219 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:36.740 We all are in better health here 220 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:38.380 And it's a nicer place 221 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:41.200 And we have four bedrooms for the children 222 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:43.080 Which we were living in furnished apartments 223 00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:46.200 We had lots of bugs and so on and so forth 224 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.000 It was really run down building 225 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:50.380 We didn't have no place to go 226 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:53.080 Didn't know anybody that could help us 227 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:58.320 So this lady from the renewal service came along 228 00:19:58.320 --> 00:20:02.340 Took the application for the project 229 00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:06.080 And there she went to work on it 230 00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:09.860 Finally got us in 231 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:13.500 And with the help of the urban renewal service 232 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:15.140 It's really been good to us 233 00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:20.040 Mrs. Chur has just made several trips and called us different times 234 00:20:20.040 --> 00:20:24.580 In finding out if we were satisfied or had the right kind of housing 235 00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:28.700 Andrew Chitwood came to Chicago from Tennessee 236 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:30.860 And landed a job as a punch press operator 237 00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:32.960 Things went pretty well 238 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.760 Until he got rheumatic fever 239 00:20:34.760 --> 00:20:38.440 An illness that left him forever unable to do any kind of heavy work 240 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.720 Today he's receiving public aid 241 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.680 And trying to learn a new and less strenuous craft 242 00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:49.440 James Reske owned the Guys and Dolls Tavern at 1702 North Larabee 243 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:53.300 It was torn down and he was sorry to see his tavern 244 00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:55.580 And the block he lived on go 245 00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:59.940 I naturally missed the neighborhood of course when it was standing there 246 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:06.560 And then when it was gone it was just like moving from any place as far as I was concerned 247 00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:08.820 I have all my friends in the old neighborhood 248 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:12.760 It's been hard for me because I still go down there now I don't really 249 00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:15.560 My daughter has found it hard because she was 250 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:19.660 We've been in that neighborhood 13 years and she's 17 251 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:23.340 And she's used to her friends and school 252 00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:26.760 Now she'll have to change all that 253 00:21:26.760 --> 00:21:29.380 But with me it makes no difference to me 254 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:32.460 Because as long as I have my family with me that's all that matters 255 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.680 Mrs. Vicki Jenkins is a painter 256 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.420 So she needs an apartment with studio space 257 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:41.360 She had one she liked and the thought of leaving it didn't please her 258 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:43.500 I think I had butterflies in my stomach 259 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:46.680 You know it's a feeling of disappointment 260 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.220 And covered with anxiety I think about the future 261 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:55.700 Whether I'd find a place I liked and all that sort of thing 262 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:58.760 We were quite sentimental about the other place 263 00:21:58.760 --> 00:22:02.700 We had liked it, we had a fine landlord and been comfortable there 264 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:09.560 And we're just a little bit disappointed certainly in having to move 265 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:13.180 But now that we're here I'm satisfied 266 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:16.000 In fact I like it better 267 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.840 Truthfully I like it better 268 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:21.840 I don't think I ever wanted to live in it because it was something new 269 00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:25.180 I've gotten rid of that I'm happy to be in here now 270 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:27.660 I wasn't used to this type of a building 271 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:30.520 Not used to seeing it even though I had seen Marina City 272 00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:35.800 I still had a peculiar feeling about the building wondering what it was looking like on the inside 273 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:41.520 Mrs. Blanche Walton has taught music in Chicago for 50 years and still teaches three days a week 274 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:47.860 This apartment in the Raymond Hilliard Homes for Senior Citizens costs her $52.50 a month 275 00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:51.200 But now I've gotten used to the outside I think it's beautiful 276 00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:56.500 You know when some people begin to get old and begin to get up in years 277 00:22:56.500 --> 00:23:03.280 See they seem to have a feeling of not being wanted or not being needed or not being a part of a society 278 00:23:03.280 --> 00:23:06.520 But when they come into a building like this they're made a part 279 00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:10.000 And they're made to feel that they are a part 280 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:13.620 The whole thing together has been a very beautiful set up 281 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:19.280 For natural I'm more than happy to be able to say that I'm a part of the Senior Citizens at 30 West Sir Mac Road 282 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:26.820 The city of Chicago looks to the day when every one of its citizens will be proud of his home and his community 283 00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:31.500 That is the goal of those assigned the task of building and rebuilding the city 284 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:35.280 And it is the goal of those concerned with relocation of its people 285 00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:41.040 The director of that program within the Department of Urban Renewal is Mrs. Ozzie Baddall 286 00:23:41.040 --> 00:23:48.160 The job of relocation is to help people who have to move to find a decent place at a price that they can afford 287 00:23:48.760 --> 00:23:55.700 The housing is available in Chicago but it becomes a matter of matching the people with the right kind of housing 288 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:59.060 Whether they want to rent an apartment or to purchase a home 289 00:23:59.060 --> 00:24:04.060 In most cases the job can be done in a matter of days or a few weeks 290 00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:09.300 But for the large family with low income the job takes much longer in most instances 291 00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:12.160 It may take months and maybe a year or more 292 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:18.320 Sometimes we have to settle for a halfway situation before we find the right kind of housing 293 00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:24.440 The biggest problem with the large family are the landlords who refuse to take families with children 294 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:31.700 The worker has to then persuade the landlord to look at each family individually 295 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:37.320 Not to merely make the statement that they don't want children but what kind of family are they talking about 296 00:24:38.870 --> 00:24:42.930 The relocation worker's job is a very sensitive job 297 00:24:42.930 --> 00:24:46.670 It's not simply a matter of helping to find housing 298 00:24:46.670 --> 00:24:51.530 It's also a matter of trying to find out what other human needs the families have 299 00:24:52.310 --> 00:24:57.330 There are all kinds of problems that come up in the search for housing 300 00:24:57.330 --> 00:25:03.570 There is the lack of employment helping the family to find a place to get a job 301 00:25:03.570 --> 00:25:12.110 There is the problem of physical ailments and not knowing what clinics and what facilities are available for them to go to 302 00:25:12.850 --> 00:25:17.670 There are many other kinds of problems and there are many agencies that can provide help 303 00:25:17.670 --> 00:25:21.870 And it's surprising how many people don't know what is available to them 304 00:25:21.870 --> 00:25:27.570 Or are frightened by the vast size of the kind of agency that they can go to for help 305 00:25:28.550 --> 00:25:33.730 A relocation person has to be a very sensitive person 306 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:37.190 Relocation workers are under civil service 307 00:25:37.190 --> 00:25:44.990 And he has to have not only the ability to pass the examination but he also has to have a feeling for people 308 00:25:44.990 --> 00:25:51.430 He has to care about people, care about communities, care about the city and the way of life in a city 309 00:25:51.430 --> 00:25:57.790 We deal every day with people who begin to feel like non-persons living in the city 310 00:25:57.790 --> 00:26:02.550 A city is a place in which people can get lost 311 00:26:02.550 --> 00:26:06.370 They don't know their neighbors, they don't know the people who live in their building 312 00:26:06.370 --> 00:26:13.230 They feel that nobody cares about them whether they live well, poorly or live at all 313 00:26:14.370 --> 00:26:20.470 We try to make them feel that they are wanted, that there are things that can be done for them 314 00:26:21.830 --> 00:26:25.690 Moving out of the slum does not always solve all the problems 315 00:26:25.690 --> 00:26:29.930 For some, the hurt of living in the slum is a lasting one 316 00:26:30.970 --> 00:26:38.910 But for most of the families, the opportunity of new housing, the opportunity of a decent neighborhood 317 00:26:38.910 --> 00:26:41.410 Makes many changes in their lives 318 00:26:41.410 --> 00:26:46.830 It provides them with the opportunity for doing and solving the other problems they may have 319 00:26:46.830 --> 00:26:50.750 Without having to worry about the kind of housing they do live in 320 00:26:50.750 --> 00:26:55.430 This is the kind of work that the relocation worker is charged with 321 00:26:55.430 --> 00:27:02.990 It's the kind of help that can be given to people in Chicago to better the quality of their living 322 00:27:02.990 --> 00:27:08.230 To give them the dignity that every Chicagoan should have 323 00:27:11.910 --> 00:27:15.490 Urban renewal is primarily human renewal 324 00:27:15.490 --> 00:27:19.530 It is making Chicago a better place to live 325 00:27:50.170 --> 00:27:50.490 The city of Chicago is a city of 326 00:27:50.490 --> 00:27:50.490 327 00:27:50.490 --> 00:27:50.490 328 00:27:50.490 --> 00:27:50.490 329 00:27:50.490 --> 00:27:50.550 The city of Chicago is a city of 330 00:27:50.550 --> 00:28:20.490 The city of Chicago is a city of 331 00:28:26.010 --> 00:28:27.410 The city of Chicago is a city of