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This is the story of America’s most notorious public housing failure
Pruitt-Igoe was once considered a bold solution to urban housing problems in St. Louis. Built in the 1950s, the massive complex was designed to provide modern living for thousands of residents.
Past residents of Pruitt-Igoe (which was demolished in the 1970s) recall trucks releasing a dense chemical fog into their streets and mysterious "maintenance workers" installing sprayers on rooftops, ...
Tim O'Neil Dec 6, 2014 Dec 6, 2014 0 ST. LOUIS • On Sunday, Oct. 20, 1929, the Post-Dispatch classified section included five pages of homes for sale. In the Fairlight Downs subdivision in Olivette, ...
The Bank of Washington could put up even more of a fight to hold onto the Pruitt-Igoe site — it values the 34-acre property at $33 million, lawyers for the ...
An rendering of proposed commercial buildings in the former Pruitt-Igoe site. The LCRA has in recent months worked with St. Louis-based Civitas to propose design guidelines for the site. LCRA The city ...
If Americans have any shared image of public housing, it is one of dilapidated and even dangerous “projects” and locations of concentrated poverty. But there was a time—a brief shining moment—in which ...
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