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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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Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: Film
Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary ( film ) from Juan William Chavez on Vimeo.
This 8mm film explores the land where the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects once stood in St. Louis, Missouri. After the demolition of all 33 buildings that…
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On March 16, 1972, at approximately 3:00PM, a series of small explosions flashed inside an 11-story high-rise in North St. Louis. Only 16 years old this complex was the first of 33 buildings to be demolished by the federal government. Over the next four years the remaining 32 buildings were destroyed leaving behind a massive empty lot.
39 years later this vacant lot has slowly transformed into an impressive urban forest camouflaging the history of one of the worst failures of public housing in American history.