Pruitt–Igoe housing project
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The Pruitt–Igoe housing project was a large mid-20th-century public housing complex in St. Louis, Missouri, that became infamous as a symbol of failed urban renewal and modernist architectural planning.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pruitt–Igoe housing project canonical | 3 |
| Igoe Apartments | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
housing complex
ⓘ
public housing project ⓘ urban renewal project ⓘ |
| architect | Minoru Yamasaki ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| demolitionDate |
1972
ⓘ
1976 ⓘ |
| depictedIn | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth ⓘ |
| developer | St. Louis Housing Authority ⓘ |
| hasCause |
federal urban renewal policy
ⓘ
postwar public housing policy in the United States ⓘ |
| hasMedia | widely circulated film of building implosions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pruitt–Igoe housing project
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Igoe Apartments
Pruitt Homes ⓘ |
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| intendedForUse | low-income housing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Missouri
ⓘ
Saint Louis City ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | near north side of St. Louis ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Saint Louis City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of St. Louis
|
| locatedOnStreet | Cass Avenue ⓘ |
| maximumCapacity | around 12000 residents ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wendell O. Pruitt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William L. Igoe ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 33 ⓘ |
| numberOfDwellings | approximately 2870 ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 11 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | St. Louis Housing Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | urban renewal of St. Louis ⓘ |
| reasonForDemolition |
concentrated poverty
ⓘ
declining occupancy ⓘ high crime rates ⓘ severe physical deterioration ⓘ symbol of failed urban renewal policies ⓘ |
| replacedBy | vacant land and later redevelopment proposals ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first building demolished on March 16, 1972 ⓘ |
| significantFor |
example of public housing decline
ⓘ
iconic demolition footage used in architectural theory ⓘ symbol of failed modernist planning ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ early 1970s ⓘ |
| topicOf |
debates on modern architecture
ⓘ
debates on public housing policy in the United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Minoru Yamasaki
this entity surface form:
Igoe Apartments