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Poverty
02.20.12: Lawrence Vale
Housing Chicago: Cabrini-Green to Parkside of Old TownOn Places, Lawrence Vale recounts the troubled saga of Chicago's now-demolished Cabrini-Green, and the mixed-income new-urbanist style communities that are replacing the old public housing.
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02.17.11: David Clements & Douglas Haller
Writing on the WallOn Places, a portfolio of photographs by Detroit local David Clements, of some of the many hand-painted signs and murals found throughout the Motor City.
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02.14.11: Wes Janz
This Is Flint, MichiganOn Places, Wes Janz probes the ongoing decline of Flint, Michigan, and wonders about the role of the architect in a city where there's more demolition than design.
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12.15.10: Jon Calame
The Roma of Rome: Heirs to the Ghetto SystemOn Places, historic preservationist Jon Calame documents, in words and images, the state-sponsored enclaves — or ghettos — that house the Roma, or Gypsies, of Rome.
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