- What is Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary?
About & Contact
The Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary Intends to encourage a public dialogue that reignite the conversation about urban abandonment and creative strategies for addressing it.Read more
Public Proposal: video
Transform the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that cultivates community through education and urban agriculture.Read more
Education: Beautification of Vacant Space
A program for middle school students to learn creative strategies for addressing urban abandonment through beekeeping, gardening, and studio art. Students are engaged in art and urban agriculture that is providing them with the opportunity to practice critical thinking, to choose healthier food options, and encourage scholastic success.Read more
Roundtable Discussion
Pruitt-Igoe, Urban Issues and Creative Renewal. Panelist: Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.Read more
Living Proposal Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary
Laumeier Sculpture Park Kranzberg Exhibition Series October 27, 2012 - January 20, 2013Read more
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Roundtable Discussion Part 1- Pruitt-Igoe, Urban Issues and Creative Renewal
Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.Roundtable panelist – Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.
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Michael Allen & the Pruitt-Igoe Now Competition
Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.Roundtable panelist – Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.
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Sylvester Brown, Jr & the Sweet Potato Project
Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.
Roundtable panelist - Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.Sylvester Brown, Jr talks about the Sweet Potato…
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Pruitt-Igoe FAQ
When did the buildings come down?
The St. Louis Housing Authority demolished three buildings in 1972; these were demolished through explosive blasts. The remaining 30 buildings came down in 1976 and 1977; these were demolished by wrecking ball.… -
Sacred Real Estate
Untitled (Sacred Real Estate) is part of the Living Proposal Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary exhibition.
Installed at Laumeier Sculpture Park part of Kranzberg Exhibition Series October 27, 2012 – January 20, 2013Untitled (Sacred Real Estate), 2012, assembled from 14 recycled street lampposts…
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Community as a Superorganism
Video by Timothy Nordmann from Nordmann Video.
The Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary is a proposal for the City of St Louis to transform the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that cultivates community… -
Living Proposal: Beautification of Vacant Space
Inspired by education and public space we took the proposal off the page and developed a pilot project called Urban Gardens: Beautification of Vacant Space. This summer program consisted of five workshops that focused on addressing vacancy through the development of, and
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Luxembourg Conversation
Luxembourg Conversation from Juan William Chavez on Vimeo.
An interview at the Luxembourg Gardens with a French teacher who taught in the Saint Louis Public School system for two-years. The film touches upon issues of…
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