Talk:Pruitt-Igoe
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Can anyone provide the actual street address where this complex was located?
It would be nice to have some pictures of just how vile this place was on the page. Kevo00 20:13, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] I added some links to pictures.
I've just added external links to three pictures of Pruitt-Igoe, including two that illustrate the vandalism of buildings in the complex. These come from a fascinating book that I just found online, available in its entirety as a PDF or partially as HTML. I've linked to a page that allows a reader to download the PDF, buy a copy from HUD, or read the first chapter as HTML. I left the images as external links for now. They look like government images and hence public domain, but I wanted to look into it further before adding them to Wikipedia directly. Anybody who feels surer of their copyright status should go ahead and add them. -- Officiallyover 01:14, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] New images added
I just finished uploading and describing seven good images I found on the Creating Defensible Space website. I added two images to the article itself, but I think it needs more text before anybody adds more images. I'll include on this talk page the five images currently not in use, as described in the "Image queuing" section of the image use policy.
--Officiallyover 09:39, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I'm going to add them to the gallery section. They might as well be used for something... 68.39.174.238 23:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More needs to be said about the failure
Originally it was believed that the design was dehumanizing and this caused the failure of the building. Current thinking has changed to focus more on the quality of construction which was so low that the buildings were falling apart from the first day and essentially unmaintainable at any cost. -- M0llusk 01:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Corbu connection?
This building type originated with Le Corbusier, a very influential modernist architect, it seems the page should be linked to his. it is frequently cited in arguements about his work.
Possibly Jane Jacobs/Robert Moses as well? this complex is the poster child for the failures of massive government planning & urban renewal.
[edit] Pronunciation
How do you pronounce Pruitt-Igoe? Maybe that information could be added by someone who knows. --128.176.231.100 15:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Redo intro
The intro paragraph needs to be edited. It is argumentative and un-encyclopedic. Arnob 16:39, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Needing Citations
The sentence "Similar projects in other cities, however, were quite successful in terms of increasing quality of life for residents, and reducing racial tensions." is noted as needing citations; without them, this should prolly be removed.
The project is pronounced "Prew-it Eye-go", for those whe were not there.
[edit] New construction?
Looking at satellite photos of the cite, it seems to be not empty. Is there a big-box built on the site?
DarwinPeacock 03:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
