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  1. posted a grip of new #stl aerial photographs, 1968-present http://bit.ly/TtWVh
  2. Tnghts TIF hearing in context: Pruitt-Igoe gained strongest pub support by stressing jobs and benefits to const indust, too.
  3. Int. USGS air photo of #stl dwntwn and N. North Side. Late 60s, false color IR. http://bit.ly/tdi3J
  4. Jolly's "Black Liberation in Midwest: Struggle in #STL 1964-70" now in pprbck. Great resource. http://bit.ly/1tGd6L
  5. Perusing and back-tagging some WHMC Pruitt-Igoe photographs http://bit.ly/vtPMV
  6. Met @ecoabsence over lunch. Re-reading my half-page of notes; to call it edifying would be understatement. A scholar and a gentleman.
  7. Huge update of #stl historic map resources. http://bit.ly/8YpIx
  8. Congrats Devon Alexander, WBC champ and new local hero. Close friend Cory Spinks' dad Leon learned boxing in Pruitt-Igoe http://bit.ly/wcw3s
  9. STL Pub Housing was home to soul legends Fontella Bass, R. Hathaway, many others. Researching local music acts with ties to P-I. Any leads?
  10. Maj demog infl on P-I RT @northsidecba "It was 50 years ago today": Rob Powers on the destruction of Mill Creek Valley http://tiny.cc/gpCb0
  11. It has supporters and detractors, but RFT's P-I article "It Was Just Like Beverly Hills" is commendable in scope. http://tinyurl.com/nn47xg
  12. Heartbreaking photo. JET Mag. Jan 1966. Santa runs out of toys in Pruitt-Igoe http://tinyurl.com/m88wuq
  13. @readingmachine Our film, naturally.(Real answer: best journo intro to P-I: @sylbrownjr 's multi-part series a few years ago for the Post-D)
  14. @readingmachine Refrnce to Kath Bristol's paper of same name?Best single intro to P-I from academic.PDF link 0.5Mb http://tinyurl.com/lb2w3p
  15. very emotional intrview with frmr res V.S. "God bless the men who made P-I. They did not make it to hurt us, but it did hurt us..."
  16. @stlurbanworkshp "blighted" and"obsolete" were nonetheless official building-by-building labels created by Chapter 353(1945) and Chap 99(51)
  17. On-camera this morning with Ms. Montgomery; frmr P-I resident and current owner of "Sweetie Pies" (a fantastic) restaurant in the Grove.
  18. Static webpage now up. Proper site, video updates and photos late July. http://www.pruitt-igoe.com/ Thanks @UrbanReviewSTL for guidance.
  19. Revisiting Wash-U's "Amer. Lives Proj." holdings. Link to insightful interview with Ms. Jan West, frmr res of P-I http://tinyurl.com/mj25v7
  20. Searching for a copy (PDF or printed) of "Black liberation in the Midwest" (2006) by Kenneth S. Jolly ... http://tinyurl.com/qmn8mh