Pruitt–Igoe

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The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe (), were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The complex consisted of 33 eleven-story high rises, designed in the modernist architectural style by Minoru Yamasaki. It was constructed with federal funds on the site of a former slum as part of the city's urban renewal program. The project was originally intended to be racially segregated; a Supreme Court ruling forced the project to be integrated on opening, but from the beginning it almost exclusively accommodated African Americans. When it opened, it was one of the largest public housing developments in the country.

Pruitt–Igoe - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 38°38′32.24″N 90°12′33.95″W / 38.6422889°N 90.2094306°W / 38.6422889; -90.2094306 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Demolished housing project in St. Louis, US For Philip Glass's musical piece "Pruit Igoe", see Koyaanisqatsi § Music . Pruitt–Igoe The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments complex General information Location St. Louis , Missouri , US Coordinates 38°38′32.24″N 90°12′33.95″W / 38.6422889°N 90.2094306°W / 38.6422889; -90.2094306 [[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:8}}<span cl

Pruitt–Igoe

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