id Url Resource class Title Subject Description Source https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/153 Preservation Review https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/151 Another Church Demolished https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/149 St. Patrick's Catholic Church St. Patrick's Catholic Church | Churches | Demolitions | Architecture | Neighborhood History | St. Louis History This article describes the demolition of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and the other demolitions that will follow its destruction. https://www.mappingstl.org/place/collection/s/WRSTLPlace/item/52 dcterms:Location Pruitt-Igoe Housing Complex Pruitt-Igoe Housing Complex | Urbanization | Housing Act of 1949 | Middle-Class Housing | Economic Problems | Racial Problems | Demolished Buildings | White Flight | St. Louis History | Community Memory The Pruitt-Igoe Housing Complex is a defining structure in urbanizing America. These housing structures were built in 1954 following the Housing Act of 1949 and provided 2,870 units to its local residents. This middle-class housing soon became a slum due to the economic and racial problems of the time. It was only three decades after its completion that it was then demolished to accommodate the “white flight” that was taking place in downtown St. Louis. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/22/pruitt-igoe-high-rise-urban-america-history-cities