 The setting for the show was implied to be the Cabrini Green Housing  Projects on Chicagos North Side. Exterior shots of the buildings  are featured in the opening and closing credits but the name was  never stated on the show. Today (March 2007), Cabrini Green as well  as all Chicagos housing developments are in the midst of demolition  and are being replaced with mixed income residences and single  family homes.