In the 1930s, the Chicago Housing Authority was created to provide temporary homes for the city's neediest families who could only find affordable housing in Chicago's dangerously overcrowded and crumbling ghettos. Within decades, problems such as isolation, increased segregation and a growing tendency towards multigenerational reliance on public housing caused many to dismiss these developments as warehouses for the poor. This photo essay documents Chicago's current public housing stock, and how the designs have changed over the years.