"The children called home 'Hornets' or, more frequently, 'the projects' or, simply, the 'jects' (pronounced jets). Pharoah called it 'the graveyard.' But they never referred to it by its full name: the Governor Henry Horner Homes." (There Are No Children Here, pg. 8)

Henry Horner Homes Area Map
1920 West Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60612-2420

Chicago 1990 Census Maps



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