Vegan Pancakes & Rebel Cinema: an Urban History
Waar: NieuwLand, Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wanneer: 10/11/2015 - 18:00
*** doors open from 6PM
*** 6.30 PM vegan pancakes (served for donation, spicy and savory chickpea flour pancakes as main course & sweet wheat flour pancakes with fruit for dessert)
*** +/- 8 PM screening of The Pruit-Igoe Myth (2011, 79 min.), introduction by René Boer
René Boer, from the Amsterdam-based research platform Failed Architecture, will shortly introduce the film. In his talk, René will examire the similarities between Pruitt-Igoe and the Amsterdam Bijlmer, focussing on which factors were most important in the demise of these projects.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: an Urban History
It began as a housing marvel. Two decades later, it ended in rubble. But what happened to those caught in between? The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home.