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"Vertical City: The Life and Design of Pruitt-Igoe." An exhibit at the Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology October 26, 2004 - January 28, 2005 Opening reception - Tuesday, Oct 26, 5:30pm, Wolk Gallery (Rm 7-338). Vertical City takes a close look at the history of the Pruitt-Igoe complex in St. Louis, the most infamous public housing project ever built. Through photographs, maps, prints, plans, and film, the exhibit explores the role and impact of architectural design on the human environment and the urban landscape. The exhibit surveys the origins of public housing in the city's slum clearance program, the design of the project in the context of post-World War II Modernism, and the subsequent habitation of the project by working-class families, most of them African-American. The exhibit then traces the history of efforts by a range of groups to make the project a decent place to live. Central to the story are narratives from architects and planners, social workers, housing officials, civic and religious organizations and the tenants themselves. The traveling exhibit is curated by Prof. Joseph Heathcott, Department of American Studies, Saint Louis University, with graduate students from The American City Studio. Paula S. Anzer MIT, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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