LaClede Town
LaClede Town was a mixed-income, federally funded housing project in St. Louis, Missouri. Located near St. Louis University, it opened in 1964 and closed in the late 1980s.
Some of the Grand Forest Apartments, a part of LaClede town, still exist as student housing for St. Louis University.
See also
Further reading
- LaClede Town Reminiscence[1]
- "Poets of Action" St. Louis Black Artists Group[2]
- Ramin Bavar, "LaClede Town: an analysis of design and government policies in a government-sponsored project" (Master of Architecture Thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, 1995).
- Ellen Perry Berkeley, "LaClede Town: the most vital town in town," Architectural Forum, November 1968.
- Traveling Back to LaClede Town By Keri O’Brien[3]
- Former LaClede Town residents Ike Willis and MWA architects[4]
References
- ^ The Commonspace > Grassroots Civics and Culture in St. Louis, TheCommonSpace.org
- ^ Jazz - AllAboutJazz.com, AllAboutJazz.com
- ^ MHSvoices.org,
- ^ MWAarchitects.com