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Spanish Lake: Another lesson in failed urban planning

June 27, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, History, Missouri region Leave a comment

“Spanish Lake” is a new documentary film that looks at the physical, economic and social decline of a suburban neighborhood just north of St.

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Pruitt-Igoe: Ghosts and survivors of a failed urban policy

May 14, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Government, History, Housing, Media, Missouri region 3 comments

Watching “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” in a packed theater this afternoon was much more than a movie-going experience: It was a history lesson, a fact-finding

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