American Project
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Originally published | 2000 |
Authors | Sudhir Venkatesh |
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ID | 2075966 |
About American Project
High-rise public housing developments were signature features of the post-World War II city. A hopeful experiment in providing temporary, inexpensive housing for all Americans, the "projects" soon became synonymous with the black urban poor, with isolation and overcrowding, with drugs, gang violence, and neglect. . . .