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Are These Crumbling New York City Housing Projects Worth Saving?

The city thinks four developments in Chelsea are too run-down to be saved, and wants to rebuild them, adding mixed-income housing. Some residents are opposed.

© Lila Barth for The New York Times

Public housing buildings on the campuses of the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses, left, have deteriorated over the years, even as the surrounding neighborhood of Chelsea has revitalized.
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