Placelessness: Public Housing Projects

Where are we?

Answer: Toronto: federal funds were used to demolish industrial and residential areas in inner portions of U.S. cities during the 1960s and 1970s, creating "new" spaces devoid of their original (ethnic and racial) character

Compare these high rise public housing projects with a largely Italian and Portuguese neighborhood.

 

Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 May 1996; last revised on 09 March 2005.