AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,An aerial photo by the US Geological Survey compares the narrow, monolithic blocks of Pruitt-Igoe with the neighboring pre-Modernist buildings of St. Louis. ImageCourtesy of Wikimedia user Junkyardsparkle (Public Domain)

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,After two decades of crime and increasing maintenance issues, Pruitt-Igoe was ultimately demolished between 1972 and 1977. ImageVia pruitt-igoe.com

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,The gleaming towers of Pruitt-Igoe were to have been a “Manhattan on the Mississippi.” . ImageCourtesy of Wikimedia user Cadastral (Public Domain)

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,Courtesy of "The Pruitt Igoe Myth"

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,Much of the landscaping and community amenities Minoru Yamasaki originally proposed were never built, contributing to Pruitt-Igoe’s eventual downward spiral. ImageVia pruitt-igoe.com

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,Courtesy of Wikimedia user Cadastral (Public Domain)

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,Courtesy of "The Pruitt Igoe Myth"

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project,The televised demolition of Pruitt-Igoe sparked widespread discussion over what precisely caused the project to fail so dramatically. ImageCourtesy of Wikimedia user Cadastral (Public Domain)

AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project / Minoru Yamasaki

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AD Classics: Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project / Minoru Yamasaki