The demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in 1972 is often cited as the symbolic end of:
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Correct answer: The 'High Modernist' era of large-scale, high-rise public housing
Pruitt-Igoe became a symbol of the failure of urban renewal. Its decline and eventual implosion marked a shift away from concentrating the poor in massive, isolated high-rises and toward more integrated, community-based housing strategies.
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