Screening:
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Online
October 5 – October 11, 2020
saltonline.org
October 5-11
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)
Director: Chad Freidrichs
83 minutes
English; Turkish subtitles
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing development has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The complex was intended to clean up the slums of the extremely unhealthy living conditions of St. Louis, Missouri, but just years after its 1956 opening, it was quickly associated with neglect, vandalism and crime.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in the US, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the project’s residents.
As part of SALT Research Architecture and Design Archive programs, supported by Kalebodur, the 2011 documentary film will stream at saltonline.org during the World Architecture Week.
October 5-11
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)
Director: Chad Freidrichs
83 minutes
English; Turkish subtitles
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing development has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The complex was intended to clean up the slums of the extremely unhealthy living conditions of St. Louis, Missouri, but just years after its 1956 opening, it was quickly associated with neglect, vandalism and crime.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in the US, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the project’s residents.
As part of SALT Research Architecture and Design Archive programs, supported by Kalebodur, the 2011 documentary film will stream at saltonline.org during the World Architecture Week.