Pruitt–Igoe consisted of 33 eleven-story concrete apartment buildings, clad in brick, on a 57-acre (23 ha) site, on St. Louis's north side, bounded by Cass Avenue on the north, North Jefferson Avenue on the west, Carr … See more

During the 1940s, the city of St. Louis was overcrowded, with housing conditions in some areas being said to resemble "something out of a Charles Dickens novel". Its housing stock had deteriorated by the 1940s, and … See more

Pruitt–Igoe has received extensive commentary in the architectural literature; architect William Ramroth describes it as "the most infamous public housing disaster in American history" and a "poster child" for the failures … See more