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Reading Room Office Hours: The Robert Taylor Homes

Installation view of resource room with books on a rail shelf, seating, and a digital screen

with Larry Turner

  • National Public Housing Museum, 919 S. Ada Street, Chicago, IL 60607

  • Free

Drop by and join in a series of civic conversations about the history of the Robert Taylor Homes.

Throughout the summer, join us in the reading and resource room within the exhibition Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother for conversations, oral history listening sessions, and other programming with residents, scholars, and housing activists.

On July 11, the office hours feature a listening session and conversation with Larry Turner around the legacy of Beauty Turner (1957–2008), a Robert Taylor Homes resident, public housing advocate, mother, journalist, poet, and the namesake of our oral history training program.

FREE, drop-in.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother.

This Robert Taylor Home reading room is made possible by the Department of History at Loyola University Chicago in honor of Professor Brad Hunt.


Office Hours Schedule

Ron Carter
Sunday, May 31, 1–3 pm
Office hours and conversation with Ron Carter, a former Robert Taylor Homes resident and community organizer.

Dr. Brad Hunt
Sunday, June 14, 1–3 pm
Office hours and conversation with Brad Hunt, Professor of History, Loyola University Chicago.

Larry Turner
Saturday, July 11, 1–3 pm
Listening session and conversation with Larry Turner around the legacy of Beauty Turner (1957–2008), a Robert Taylor Homes resident, public housing advocate, mother, journalist, poet, and the namesake of our oral history training program.

Sequane Lawrence
Sunday, August 9, 1–3 pm
Listening session and conversation Sequane Lawrence, former Robert Taylor Homes resident and the President and CEO of Revolution Institute.


Upcoming events

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Weaving Our Civic Fabric: Weaving Basics

A weaving workshop, co-presented with Red Line Service.

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Project Cinema: Films for South London

Join us for a free film screening of Attack the Block and other short documentaries about public housing in the London, England.

Detail of a quilt

Weaving Our Civic Fabric: Quilting Basics I

A quilting workshop, co-presented with Red Line Service.