Jazmin Allen, 18, North Chicago looks out the front door of her home along Carver Ave. at the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing. The complex, located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago, is to be demolished with plans for housing and retail development. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Prospect Avenue is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. The complex is to be demolished with plans for housing and retail development. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Lovell Stewart, 42, of North Chicago, at his home on Jones Drive, talks about having to move from the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing because of the plans to raze the development located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Martin Cunningham, 70, talks to his daughter, Marta Cunningham, in the living room of his home on Prospect Avenue at the Marion Jones public housing in North Chicago. Cunningham was one of the first families to move into the townhomes with his mother Lesie Cunningham in the 1960s. Martin is an Army veteran serving in Korea from 1966 through 1968. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Tejha Webb, 20, of North Chicago, talks about having to move from the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing because of the plans to raze the development located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Linda Allen of North Chicago talks about having to move from the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing because of the plans to raze the development located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Keyianna McIntosh, 17, of North Chicago talks about having to move from the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing because of the plans to raze the development located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Jones Drive is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. The complex is to be demolished with plans for housing and retail development. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Prospect Avenue is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago.The complex is to be demolished with plans for housing and retail development. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Jones Drive is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Carver Avenue is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along 14th Street is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Jones Drive is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Sherman Avenue is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Barricades along Prospect Avenue to prevent cut through traffic at the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Barricades along Prospect Avenue to prevent cut through traffic at the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The Marion Jones Townhomes public housing along Prospect and Carver Avenues is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Video surveillance camera along Sherman Avenue at the the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Video surveillance camera at the the Marion Jones Townhomes public housing is located on the south east corner of Dugdale Road and 14th Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media