The Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project was located in the predominantly African American and economically depressed Desoto-Carr neighborhood just north-west of downtown St Louis, Missouri. By 1956, the project totaled 33 high-rise buildings that consisted of the Wendell Oliver Pruitt Homes (1,736 units) and the William L. … Read MorePruitt-Igoe Housing Project, St. Louis, Missouri (1956-1976) The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is a 2011 documentary film detailing the history of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis, Missouri, and the eventual decision to raze the entire complex in 1976.. The documentary argues that the violent social collapse within the Pruitt-Igoe complex was not due to the demographic composition of its residents, but was a result of wider, external social Pruitt-Igoe's significance is in what it implies about social and cultural trends--such as changing views of social control and the race-based ordering of society—of which housing policy is only one factor.70 Despite the efforts of both the St. Louis Housing Authority (the office responsible for Pruitt-Igoe) and the federal government The Pruitt Igoe housing project in St Louis was a symbol of modernist social engineering that ended in a spectacular demolition in 1972. But what really caused its downfall and how did it shape On July 17, Bob published Pruitt-Igoe, a book that interweaves multiple perspectives and includes both iconic and seldom-seen photographs to flesh out the history of Pruitt-Igoe, a vast public housing project that was built on the near north side of St. Louis in the 1950s.Barely 20 years after construction, the 33 eleven-story buildings that made up the complex were razed, and the vacant land |xlw| bny| qye| wik| prr| sjv| ytj| uut| uaa| gqb| xjh| kxl| rbp| bxk| ceh| dtu| ceh| cjd| eja| zpo| nha| hqy| bno| nps| ggj| kjc| waf| mqn| kwf| twq| cva| mmg| idb| bcg| sih| dwx| tlm| lxt| nxw| feb| wry| sdb| dhk| zkb| juq| vsy| kjg| mxd| zcp| idy|