Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: Documentation

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Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary Photographs: explores the land where the Pruitt-Igoe housing project once stood in St. Louis, Missouri. After the demolition of all 33 buildings that comprised Pruitt-Igoe, the remaining empty lot of several acres naturally transformed into an overgrown urban forest.

Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary Beehive Installation: is a site-specific installation of beehives by Chavez that reference the Pruitt-Igoe complex that was designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, who also designed the World Trade Center towers.

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