The History of
Community Design
and Development
in America
Community Development Archive
The History of Community Design and Development in America

The Woodlawn Organization

Community Development Corporation
1960
Chicago
Illinois

The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) is a coalition of neighborhood and religious organizations initially formed to resist the displacement University of Chicago’s expansion plans in the 1950s. They were formalized in the 1960s with assistance from Saul Alinsky. 

Connections

Name
Type
Model Cities Program
Housing and Urban Development
Industrial Areas Foundation
University of Chicago
Saul Alinsky