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Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / Lawrence J. Vale.
Author
Vale, Lawrence J., 1959-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
©2013
Description
xvi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Architecture Library - Stacks
HD7288.78.U5 V35 2013
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Public housing
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Georgia
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Atlanta
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History
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Public housing
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Urban renewal
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United States
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Series
Historical studies of urban America
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Summary note
"In the 1930s, two iconic American cities, Atlanta and Chicago, demolished their slums and established some of this country's first public housing. Six decades later, these same cities also led the way in clearing public housing itself. Vale's groundbreaking history of these "twice-cleared" communities provides unprecedented detail about the development, decline, and redevelopment of two of America's most famous housing projects: Chicago's Cabrini-Green and Atlanta's Techwood /Clark Howell Homes. Vale offers the novel concept of design politics to show how issues of architecture and urbanism are intimately bound up in thinking about policy. Drawing from extensive archival research and in-depth interviews, Vale recalibrates the larger cultural role of public housing, revalues the contributions of public housing residents, and reconsiders the role of design and designers."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Public housing, design politics, and twice-cleared communities
Public housing and private initiative : developing Atlanta's Techwood and Clark Howell homes
Redeveloping Techwood and Clark Howell : the purges of progress
Up from little hell : developing Chicago's Frances Cabrini homes
Urban renewal and the rise of Cabrini-Green
Staving off collapse : mediated violence and the beginning of Cabrini's end
Bringing the Gold Coast to the slum : Cabrini-Green's redevelopment and the litigation of inclusion
Conclusion : public housing and the margins of empathy.
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ISBN
9780226012315 ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
022601231X ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
9780226012452 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
022601245X ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2012033770
OCLC
808810887
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