Modernism in general did not take off very well as an architectural model in American cities. The the modernist kinds of buildings started to look pretty alien to the neighborhoods that they were located. And then and then you have the emergence of this new architectural and design theory called new urbanism, which really kind of advocated the complete opposite of modernism.
Featuring Edward Goetz on his book New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy. Goetz tells the story of American public housing and then its destruction and dismantling, which took off in the 1980s and accelerated during the 90s under the Clinton Administration’s Hope VI program.
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