Pruitt-Igoe / Bob Hansman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansman, Bob, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public housing--Missouri--Saint Louis--History.

Public housing.

Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.)--History.

Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.).

Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.)--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

In the early 1950s, Pruitt-Igoe, a vast public housing project, arose on 57 acres on the near north side of St. Louis. Barely 20 years after construction, the 33 eleven-story buildings that made up the complex were razed, and the vacant land that was once home to thousands of people was gradually reclaimed by a dense, neglected urban forest. What happened in-between is a story that tempts but also defies simple narratives. It is a story of interweaving and competing accounts, both then and now. This volume approaches Pruitt-Igoe with all of its contradiction in mind. Alongside iconic images, other seldom-seen photographs flesh out the history in sometimes surprising ways and, in doing so, preserve some of the stories that are in danger of being permanently erased and lost, just as Pruitt-Igoe was.

Contents:

1. A pleasant surprise is in store for the tenants

2. Our life is what our thoughts make it

3. Not too costly a mistake

4. Searching for Kim Gaines

5. A little bit of explosives with a lot of gravity

6. A perfect vertical severance

7. Behold the tabernacle of God with men.'

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439661499

1439661499