Vale, Lawrence J., 1959-
Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / Lawrence J. Vale. - xvi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Historical studies of urban America . - Historical studies of urban America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- public housing and the margins of empathy. Conclusion :
"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.
9780226012315 022601231X 9780226012452 022601245X
2012033770
016260702 Uk
Public housing--History.--Georgia--Atlanta
Public housing--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Urban renewal--History.--United States
Public housing.
Urban renewal.
Georgia--Atlanta.
Illinois--Chicago.
United States.
History.
HD7288.78.U5 / V35 2013
363.5/850977311
Purging the poorest : public housing and the design politics of twice-cleared communities / Lawrence J. Vale. - xvi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Historical studies of urban America . - Historical studies of urban America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- public housing and the margins of empathy. Conclusion :
"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.
9780226012315 022601231X 9780226012452 022601245X
2012033770
016260702 Uk
Public housing--History.--Georgia--Atlanta
Public housing--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Urban renewal--History.--United States
Public housing.
Urban renewal.
Georgia--Atlanta.
Illinois--Chicago.
United States.
History.
HD7288.78.U5 / V35 2013
363.5/850977311