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Our mission is to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home.

    Good Times

    Title card for the TV show "Good Times" with a cityscape background featuring buildings and parked cars.

    Installation

    • Lower level

    • Free

    When American sitcom Good Times came out in 1974, it was the first time public housing residents saw themselves on mainstream television.

    We worked with Maurice Edwards, President of the
    Cabrini-Green Homes Community Development Corporation, to ask current Cabrini-Green residents to share their favorite episodes.

    Clips from the show are played on a loop in our Lower Level gallery.

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