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.

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.

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.…

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…

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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This creative placemaking initiative aims to transform the urban forest where the Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that preserves the remaining 33 acres of green space and cultivates community through beekeeping and urban agriculture.

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.