Bronzeville’s historic Rosenwald apartments to be restored

Bronzeville’s historic Rosenwald apartments to be restored
Bronzeville’s historic Rosenwald apartments to be restored

Bronzeville’s historic Rosenwald apartments to be restored

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Work begins next month on the historic Rosenwald Courts Apartments. The Bronzeville buildings were known for some of it’s illustrious residents. People like Nat King Cole and Gwendolyn Brooks. But in the 1990s it was seen as urban blight, where violence plagued the space until it was shuttered almost 20 years ago. WBEZ’s Yolanda Perdomo explains. (Photo: Flickr/silverraven7)