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At a time when many of the past decades urban renewal projects are facing the wrecking ball, Detroits Lafayette Park continues to be a model of urban livability. This indepth look at the project explores why. Amid the oppressive urban blight of postWorld War II Detroit, the Lafayette Park project emerged as a vibrant point of optimism and viability. Planned by Ludwig Hilberseimer, with concrete, glass, and steel buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe, and a park and gardens designed by Alfred Caldwell, this series of subsidized high and lowrise apartments remains a superb example of an integrated community a halfcentury after its construction. This latest volume in the CASE series published in collaboration with the Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design examines an oftenoverlooked paragon of modern architectures highest goals. Today, while public housing and other urban renewal projects are being abandoned and even torn down, this volume discusses not only the significance of Lafayette Parks singular achievement, but also its relevance to the continuing debates about the status of public housing in the contemporary city.
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