Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition

View of Pruitt-Igoe, abandoned and awaiting demolition. View includes Mid-Town St. Louis and St. Louis University approximately one mile to the west. To the extreme lower left lies the Community Center, and the electrical power sub-station. Lack of maintenance and lack of pedestrian traffic allowed...

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Main Author: Tomey, E. Allan
Format: Online
Created: 1975
Online Access:http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8032
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spelling sluoai_photos-8032 Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition Tomey, E. Allan Public housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis; Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.) View of Pruitt-Igoe, abandoned and awaiting demolition. View includes Mid-Town St. Louis and St. Louis University approximately one mile to the west. To the extreme lower left lies the Community Center, and the electrical power sub-station. Lack of maintenance and lack of pedestrian traffic allowed the overgrowth of weeds in the open spaces between the buildings. The Pruitt-Igoe buildings were part of a public housing project, completed in 1956, in St. Louis, Missouri. (September 1975) [Photographer E. A. Tomey. Scan of PHO 54.8.26a] 1975-09 image/JPEG2000 STL_Housing_Pruitt-Igoe_0016 STL_Housing_Pruitt-Igoe PHO 54.8.26a PHO 54 - George Wendell Photograph Collection Copyright Saint Louis University Archives. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ image http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8032
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author Tomey, E. Allan
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title Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition
title_short Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition
title_full Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition
title_fullStr Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition
title_full_unstemmed Pruitt-Igoe abandoned and awaiting demolition
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description View of Pruitt-Igoe, abandoned and awaiting demolition. View includes Mid-Town St. Louis and St. Louis University approximately one mile to the west. To the extreme lower left lies the Community Center, and the electrical power sub-station. Lack of maintenance and lack of pedestrian traffic allowed the overgrowth of weeds in the open spaces between the buildings. The Pruitt-Igoe buildings were part of a public housing project, completed in 1956, in St. Louis, Missouri. (September 1975) [Photographer E. A. Tomey. Scan of PHO 54.8.26a]
publishDate 1975
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