MLK50: Where do we go from here? Archie Willis
In a way, transforming South City – the area around what used to be Foote Homes – into something new is a return to the past for Archie Willis.
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South City: Housing a neighborhood in transition
A dinosaur is crumbling at the corner of Danny Thomas and Mississippi boulevards.
Foote Homes, a 1940s-era public housing project, is undergoing demolition in anticipation of the next wave of public housing which incorporates subsidized commercial development with mixed-income residents.
Foote Homes Last Vestige of Public Housing
As the last of the city’s large public housing developments is demolished, the oldest of the mixed-income communities that replaced them is about to turn 20.