Cabrini Green

Cabrini-Green was a low-income housing project that was built between 1942 and 1962. It was named after St Frances Cabrini, the first American canonized a Saint by the Catholic Church (quite an accomplishment considering she was from a city that doesn't produce many saints) and William Green, a labor leader.
The city started neglecting Cabrini-Green and the neighborhood started getting really, really scary. SO scary that a 1992 horror film, "Candyman," was filmed there.
Despite Norman Lear's attempt to make Cabrini-Green funny with his sitcom "Good Times", the project is synonymous with crime and government failure.