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St. Louis on the Air
4:57 pm
Tue November 13, 2012

Envisioning Home: Film Details History Of Public Housing In St. Louis

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Credit Jason Epperson
Daniel Blake Smith and Richard Baron talk outside the former Pruitt-Igoe public housing project
Credit Jason Epperson
Richard Baron and Jean King are interviewed outside the former Pruitt-Igoe public housing site
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Jean King and Richard Baron first met in 1968, when the two joined forces to protest conditions and rent hikes in St. Louis public housing.

Together, they earned a reputation as “imaginative leaders” and community advocates, attracting the attention of author/filmmaker Daniel Blake Smith.

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East St. Louis
1:47 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

Durbin shares plans to boost security in East St. Louis public housing

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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is touting new measures to increase security for public housing residents in East St. Louis. The federally-funded plan includes installing cameras at six high-rise properties and hiring a new security coordinator.

"We're going to be putting up lighting and fencing," Durbin said. "We're going to move forward to try to make sure the almost 4,500 residents of public housing in East St. Louis have a safer place to live."

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Arthur Blumeyer
2:09 pm
Mon May 23, 2011

Last public housing tower for St. Louis families to come down

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The city of St. Louis has received a $7.8 million federal grant to build new housing for the residents of the last tower at the Arthur Blumeyer public housing complex just north of Grand Center.
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The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded the city of St. Louis $7.8 million to help redevelop the area around the city's last public housing tower for families.

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