The New York Times Article “Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare” explored the reasoning as to which the Pruit-Igoo housing complex failed while the Penn South housing complex thrives. On the news, it is apparent that public-housing has always been an… Continue Reading →
When reading “Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare” I thought about the pros and cons of tearing down Pruitt-Igoe and if it really is comparable to Penn South. While architecturally similar, these two housing projects were in very different… Continue Reading →
For some reason after reading the article, I became very interested in the situation around Pruitt-Igoe and how nearly 33 buildings that were aesthetically pleasing to me, after all they were built by the architect of the World Trade Center,… Continue Reading →
Pruitt-Igoe’s downfall was not just due to the infrastructure of the building that led to a massive social disparity, but also a political decision that affected the decision of many white people to move out of the city and into… Continue Reading →
After completing the two readings for today’s class, my biggest takeaway is that the value of housing (especially public housing) goes deeper than the architecture and material appearance of the construction – for a public housing block to be successful,… Continue Reading →
“It turns out that the very architectural traits that conventional wisdom said made tower-in-the-park projects like Pruitt-Igoe inhumane actually make these buildings ideal for retirees” ~ Michael Kimmelman, “Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare, New York Times, January 26, 2012 … Continue Reading →
The two assigned articles this week give insight on how Public Housing may have failed, using St. Louis as a case study. Heathcott’s book analyzes and discusses the different theories that explain how Public Housing failed in the context of… Continue Reading →
Michael Kimmelman’s piece, “Tower of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare,” evokes many images from my experiences in both New York City (specifically, Manhattan) and St. Louis. I’m a city girl, born not bred. But, I went to high school and… Continue Reading →
The NYT article proves a very good point: architecture does not guarantee anything. This actually reminded of a conversation my sister and I had while walking around our neighborhood this weekend. We decided to walk around the many streets of… Continue Reading →
Perhaps the one sentence that stood out the most to me from Kimmelman’s piece was found in the middle of the article: “Public authorities and cultural experts after the fact blamed the residents or the architecture, but these both were… Continue Reading →
Reading Kimmelman’s article on Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe has truly shaped the way I ponder about the construction sites of buildings and how the people that live there can gravely affect its future. Penn South is a high-rise housing complex… Continue Reading →
I believe Pruitt-Igoe’s demolition was destined in the midst of a city that was experiencing shifting population and changing economic outlook. Through the parallels that the author draws, it’s not hard to see there are de facto no difference between… Continue Reading →
The phrase ‘public housing’ insinuates a separation from the rest of the society; if it were included in the bigger scope of society there would not have been a term coined for a living space. When I first heard of… Continue Reading →
“Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare” by Michael Kimmelman brought about a wide variety of emotions. It spoke of two projects under similar circumstances, where one was and still is very successful, and the other was demolished due to… Continue Reading →
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