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The document summarizes the history of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis. It was built in 1950-1954 to house around 15,000 low-income residents, but faced issues from the start due to poor design and cost-cutting. By the 1970s, it had deteriorated severely due to lack of maintenance, vandalism, and crime. In 1972, the St. Louis Housing Authority demolished three buildings as a test, capturing iconic images that came to symbolize the failure of the modernist urban housing project approach.
- Author
- Alejandra Robles
- Language
- EN