A few months back a former colleague invited me to speak to a group of students from the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University (UK) about the documentary on the Pruitt Igoe apartment complex in St. Louis. The documentary, and the subsequent panel discussion, centered on the deep social issues of housing in American cities, and how these developments reflect underlying racial prejudice and inequality in the US and beyond.
The documentary can be found at:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thepruittigoemyth/276600370