AMST 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New Communities, Deindustrialization, Hope Vi
30 Mar 2017
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In many cities, high-rise ph became intolerable for tenants. Scholars have pointed to many factors: poor design. New gen. of designers towers in the park do not work. Tower in park kills community and street life. Jane jacobs (1961) high-rises don"t allow for eyes on the street. : underfunding. Ph unpopular in us (real estate lobby ph can not be better than private housing) Strict you make more 13476, you have to leave. 1950s and 1960s -- pha"s terrified of criticism (opponents smear ph filled with well-off people". Why should ph be nicer than my house?") (real estate lobby usa is not communist". If you can afford private housing > leave!) Financing problem not enough rent 13476 for maintenance: poor management. Chicago, st. louis corruption - poorly run pha. Dc - in 1995, ranked 2nd worst pha in us! (side note: debates over best management". Don"t blame high-rise ph -- bigger economic story!
