Purging the Poorest
Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities
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Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Public Housing, Design Politics, and Twice-Cleared Communities
2. Public Housing and Private Initiative: Developing Atlanta’s Techwood and Clark Howell Homes
3. Redeveloping Techwood and Clark Howell: The Purges of Progress
4. Up from Little Hell: Developing Chicago’s Frances Cabrini Homes
5. Urban Renewal and the Rise of Cabrini-Green
6. Staving Off Collapse: Mediated Violence and the Beginning of Cabrini’s End
7. Bringing the Gold Coast to the Slum: Cabrini-Green’s Redevelopment and the Litigation of Inclusion
8. Conclusion: Public Housing and the Margins of Empathy
Notes
Credits
Index
International Planning History Society: IPHS Book Prizes
Won
Urban Affairs Association: Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award
Won
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