April 1972. The second, widely televised demolition of a Pruitt-Igoe building that followed the March 16 demolition.[1]‹›
Pruitt–Igoe

Minoru Yamasaki

Model · St. Louis, United States · 1955

Drawing: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · 1972-04 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 1900×4783

April 1972. The second, widely televised demolition of a Pruitt-Igoe building that followed the March 16 demolition.[1]

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