Date of Award
Summer 8-21-2017
Degree Name
MS in Architectural Studies
Degree Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis is a study of the history and impetus for the low-rent high-rise public housing projects constructed prior to 1965 in St. Louis. Except for the largest and most well-known Pruitt-Igoe project which already had been the subject of a lot of study, other major public housing towers were John J. Cochran Garden Apartment (MO 1-3), completed in 1952-1953; George L. Vaughn Apartments (MO-1-6), Joseph M. Darst Apartments (MO-1-7), and Anthony M. Webbe Apartments (MO-1-7a). These later projects opened between 1957-1960. By situating these projects within the urban renewal movement and the context of public housing provision in the nation, this thesis intends to establish the threads of social environment and various ideas and practices that shaped their form.
Language
English (en)
Chair and Committee
Eric Mumford (Chair) Robert McCarter Michael Allen