• brownsugga@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Left wing architecture brought us Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village

    Originally (1947) prioritized for WWII vets (and very much just for white people for like a while after it was built), the development today has some of the most sought after rental apartments in the entire city, cause it’s a great place for community

    11k apartments from 14th st to 23rd st, 1st ave to ave C

    Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_Town–Peter_Cooper_Village

    • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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      23 hours ago

      It also gave us Pruitt-Igoe…

      I think execution is a lot more important than the architectural style in the success or failure of projects in that era