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Ghettos in the sky, high-rise residential architecture
What are some examples of residential high-rises in your city? I'm curious to see what kind of apartment architecture there is around the world. Stuff like "ghettos in the sky" and other buildings like that. Just post your pics and share. :)
These are some examples from my city, Minneapolis: Riverside Plaza http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/29...0d86def5_b.jpg Image from http://flickr.com/photos/mulad/29990750/ uploaded by Mulad http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/...a9c7bc33_o.jpg Image from http://flickr.com/photos/j-hop/2484997574/sizes/o/ uploaded by J-Hop http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/...edab65c9c0.jpg Image from http://flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/2558914841/sizes/m/ uploaded by Quasimondo http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/...cc210f08d5.jpg Image from http://flickr.com/photos/22318392@N0...21153/sizes/m/ uploaded by astoriasunday http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/...65105f59c0.jpg Image from http://flickr.com/photos/artefaqscor...54034/sizes/m/ uploaded by Artefags |
Are you're talking about public housing projects, specifically? If so you should probably specify that.
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Riverside Plaza is a ghetto? Say what?
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I was thinking the same thing, but remembered that quite a bit of it is subsidized housing, but much of it isn't.
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In San Francisco they've pretty much torn down (and rebuilt in lowrise mode) or repurposed all the highrise public housing. The one remaining building that comes to mind was converted to senior housing.
I'm very surprised Minneapolis has this much left. |
I love American commieblocks. They have some character to them, compared to those here.
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^ Yep, scandinavian commieblocks are probably the most sterile ones in the world.
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And we haven't "undone" (ie. torn down) our mistakes either. Instead they're standing tall forming the skylines of our cities. :( |
Co-op City, Bronx, New York
This is a massive apartment project in the Bronx providing housing for more then 55 thousand people http://home.comcast.net/~coopcity/pi...bay_aerial.jpg Image from http://home.comcast.net/~coopcity/pictures/my_pix.html ( This promotional photo was obtained from Riverbay Corporation around 1990.) |
Chicago has couple
Cabrini-Green ABLA Robert Taylor Homes |
"Co-op City - Our Community!"
Totally sounds like some slogan from 1960s Sweden... |
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as for this thread title, it seems weird because not all highrise architecture is subsidized public housing, in fact in many cities high rise living can be very upper class stuff, like manahttan's upper east side or chicago's gold coast. there is much, MUCH more to high rise residential architecture than just public housing projects. what about all of the hundreds of luxury condo towers that have sprouted up in american city centers from coast to coast over the past decade? |
Commie blocks make up a large component of the skylines in many Canadian cities.
Hamilton is full of them, but they aren't necessarily "ghetto": http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...row/100063.jpg http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...row/100139.jpg |
Co-op City isn't a project. It's a middle-income coop, with a long waiting list. Now it's definitely a "commieblock"; but it isn't public or low-income housing.
And, as other commentators have stated, commieblocks are not necessarily low-income housing. There are tons of super-expensive market-rate commieblocks in Manhattan, for example. |
Sweden is the commieblock "capital" of Western Europe considering its small population. They probably built as many as Soviet did per capita - often on the expense of old buildings. Whole blocks of medieval architecture was demolished in the centre of many cities to build large scale concrete "cities in cities".
This is why most cities in Sweden are very dull. In the big three - Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö - most commieblocks were built in the outskirts though. I'd say the majority of the population in the big cities live in commieblocks - or at least it is the most common form of housing (Swede could correct me on this). Pics from this thread. Stockholm http://static.flickr.com/112/276637571_363bffc1e6_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/83/252136176_591fd1384f_b.jpg http://www.fittja.nu/bilder/bgbilder/23.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/.../IMGA7181e.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/.../IMGA7219e.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/.../IMGB2437e.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/.../IMGB2494e.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ks_akalla2.jpg Massive commieblock areas in Malmö - old school pics http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/...01e2e40d_o.jpg http://www.eber.se/torn/tornvy/bild/700820-602.jpg http://www.eber.se/torn/tornvy/bild/700820-604.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/15...e4ed4c47_b.jpg Göteborg http://www.retroglobe.com/boring_pos...images/309.jpg Small town Sweden: http://data2.blog.de/media/549/759549_1782be153b_m.jpg http://data2.blog.de/media/565/759565_b1289e5313_m.jpg http://data2.blog.de/media/568/759568_00ac643d4f_m.jpg http://data2.blog.de/media/569/759569_09b1a719cc_m.jpg http://data2.blog.de/media/582/759582_ea92b3e8df_m.jpg Well, you get the point. All of these areas were built when Sweden was the richest country in the world...:rolleyes: |
wow, what terrible architecture, absolutely terrifying. I dont think there are any like that in Houston, not any that come to mind at least.
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Cwmbran tower block-Cwmbran, Wales
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ock.jpg/444px- Image from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ock.jpg/444px- uploaded by Ingolfson Bukit Batok, Singapore http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...001.jpg/449px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_HDB_001.jpg uploaded by Huaiwei Essel Towers-Gurgaon, India http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aon.JPG/800px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ap...tingurgaon.JPG uploaded by Deepak Public Housing Towers-Waterloo, Sydney http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_2.JPG/450px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waterloo_towers_2.JPG uploaded by J Bar Crossways Estate-Bow, London http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ays_Estate.jpg Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crossways_Estate.jpg uploaded by Suttonpubcrawl Charlestown, Manchester http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...urt.jpg/450px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rusland_Court.jpg uploaded by ManchesterMike2008 http://www.johndavies.org/Pic-wk9-altbridgepark.jpg http://www.johndavies.org/Pic-wk9-altbridgepark.jpg St. James Town apartments-Toronto http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...wn1.jpg/800px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_James_Town1.jpg uploaded by SimonP Choi Hung Estate-Hong Kong http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-01.JPG/800px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChoiHungEstate-01.JPG Sau Mau Ping Estate-Hong Kong http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aumauping2.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aumauping3.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...7/Blk40-41.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aumauping4.jpg Images from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sau_Mau_Ping_Estate Kwai Chung Estate-Hong Kong http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._01.JPG/800px- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ate.JPG/450px- Images from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwai_Chung_Estate Wah Ming Estate-Hong Kong http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-IMG_1649.JPG Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Ming_Estate Yiu On Estate-Hong Kong http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...008.jpg/800px- Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiu_On_Estate |
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