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New documentary 'The Pruitt-Igoe Myth' tells of the rise and fall of America's most infamous housing project

Pruitt-Igoe’s death by dynamite was a televised event seen by millions, and it seemed to confirm the belief by many that the country’s thirty-year experiment with social housing had ended in a complete failure. When the blasts went off, and the great facades prolapsed, few mourned their passing. More

February 4, 2012 1:49 pm

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