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In Milwaukee, a public housing project aims to revitalize a neighborhood



Created with a holistic vision, Westlawn Gardens in Milwaukee is ?not your father or mother?s public housing? Built in the early ?50s on former farmland on the outer edges of Milwaukee, the Westlawn public housing project was a product of its era. A 75-acre array of humble brick-and-frame structures made with Chicago pink brick, the development was simple and straightforward.
?I?ve heard them called barrack-style,? says Warren Jones, the vice president of construction for the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). ?That?s really how they were.?
Lined with multicolored town homes and new streetscaping, the area looks radically different today. After deferred maintenance and occasional flooding made it clear the old postwar structures required more than an upgrade, Milwaukee decided simple renovations wouldn?t be enough. The ongoing demolition, redesign, and rebuilding of Wisconsin?s largest public housing community hasn?t just created a new place to live. Though innovative, community-oriented planning and design, Westlawn has, supporters hope, become a model for rebuilding neighborhoods. ?One of the things we really want to emphasize here is that this isn?t your father or mother?s public housing,? says Jones. ?This is now a place that anybody would like to live.?
The redevelopment of Westlawn, which just won the American Planning Association?s Opportunity and Empowerment Award, showcases how public housing, and the public?s perception of such housing, c...
Source: curbed
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