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Originally Posted by eastcoastal
In addition to not building enough, the designs for Uniake Square and Mulgrave park isolated inhabitants. The story of Pruitt Igoe (i.e. the "death" of Modernism) has echoes here in these places. I feel like modern ideas about good living were harmful to many forms of social networks...
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there were issues, but Halifax examples are much more desirable then the towers in the park of Pruitt Igoe, or even Regent park in Toronto.
Mulgrave park looked pretty nice when it was new. I suspect the rundown appearance is due to lack of maintenance over the years.