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The Pruitt-Igoe myth /

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It began as a housing marvel. Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, "the poor man's penthouse." Two decades later, it ended in rubble - its razing an iconic event that the architectural theorist Charles Jencks famously called "...

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Corporate Author: Missouri Historical Society (Producer)
Other Authors: Freidrichs, Jaime (Screenwriter), Henry, Jason (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Columbia, Missouri] : Unicorn Stencil, 2011.
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Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.) > History.
Public housing > Missouri > Saint Louis > History.
Low-income housing > Government policy > Missouri > Saint Louis > History.
Housing policy > Missouri > Saint Louis > History.
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by Balcom, Benjamin
Published 2011
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