#urbex #chicago #viral #abcxyz #xyzbca The Julia C. Lathrop Homes, commonly known as the Lathrop Homes, stand as one of Chicago’s earliest and most significant public housing projects. Built between 1937 and 1938 under the Public Works Administration, the complex was named after Julia Clifford Lathrop, a noted social reformer and the first director of the U.S. Children’s Bureau. Its location on the city’s North Side, near the Chicago River, placed it in a transitional area between working-class