Word: pruitt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week St. Louis' city planners got an official O.K. for their proposal to demolish two eleven-story units in Pruitt-lgoe, a mammoth low-rent black housing project located a few blocks from St. Louis' downtown section. Eventually the wrecker's ball will level most of the 31 other buildings...
Ghost Town. Today Pruitt-lgoe is a case study in misery. Three-fourths of its 2,800 apartments stand empty. Rows of abandoned, windowless buildings loom against St. Louis' skyline like a modern ghost town. Yamasaki's galleries, ill-lighted and unpainted, are havens for junkies and muggers...
...reason Pruitt-lgoe failed is sociological and financial, rather than racial. Planners built in the worst slum in St. Louis. Many of the first tenants were drawn from the high-crime area, and brought their problems with them. As a result, the working-class white and black families living in Pruitt-lgoe began to move out. With apartments empty, St. Louis welfare officials pressured the Public Housing Authority to admit more welfare cases...
...points scored: 45). Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, savvy field general and deadly passer (62% completions) v. Oklahoma's Jack Mildren. triple-option wizard and running threat (968 yds. rushing). Cornhuskers' Wingback Johnny Rodgers, explosive punt-return specialist (average return: 16 yds.) v. Sooners' Halfback Greg Pruitt, devastating speed merchant (average gain per carry: 9.5 yds.). Game of the decade? Maybe. Game of the year? Undoubtedly...
Behind for the first time this season, the Cornhuskers all but shelved their potent air game (Tagge completed six of only 13 passes for the day) in favor of a slashing ground assault headed by Running Back Jeff Kinney. Holding Pruitt to his lowest output of the season (53 yds. in ten carries) Nebraska outscored the Sooners two touchdowns to one in the wild third quarter to take a 28-24 lead going into the final period. Then Mildren, who ran the ball 31 times for 130 yds., grabbed the lead back with -surprise!-another touchdown pass to Harrison. Eating...