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Pruitt-Igoe: An American Urban Ruin by ses_707 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides background information on Pruitt-Igoe, a public housing project built in St. Louis in the 1950s based on modernist urban planning ideals. It discusses how Pruitt-Igoe fell into disrepair and became a symbol of the failures of these modernist ideals. The project experienced decay, crime, and underfunding issues and was eventually demolished in the 1970s. The document examines Pruitt-Igoe as an example of how urban planning projects can become "ruins" both physically and ideologically,

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ses_707

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