Reclaiming Public Housing

Reclaiming Public Housing
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 510
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ISBN-10 : 0674008987
ISBN-13 : 9780674008984
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Book Synopsis Reclaiming Public Housing by : Lawrence J. Vale

Download or read book Reclaiming Public Housing written by Lawrence J. Vale and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawrence Vale explores the rise, fall, and redevelopment of three public housing projects in Boston. Vale looks at these projects from the perspectives of their low-income residents and assesses the contributions of the design professionals who helped to transform these once devastated places during the 1980s and 1990s.


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