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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - 44: The Pruitt-Igoe myth

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - 44: The Pruitt-Igoe myth launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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99% Invisible - Structural Integrity▲81
A story of architectural engineering gone wrong in NYC
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Alfred Junco: Island Building with Peter Nicholson▲55
Creating a striving business community in Exuma
2016 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - The Gruen Effect▲66
The mysterious design of retail spaces
2015 · its alternatives →
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Bytes: Reconstructing an old industry with technology (Alex Snyder, CEO and Co-Founder, Site2Site)▲54
Building software for the "unsexy" construction industry
2016 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible – Half a House▲55
After devastating earthquakes; give people half of a house
2016 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible: Public Works: Rethinking America’s Transportation Infrastructure▲66
Roads? Where we're going ... we need better roads!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Vox's The Weeds - Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline of floating voters▲59
The good and bad of gentrification + swing voting
2015 · its alternatives →
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Refugees Welcome▲109
An p2p attempt to solve the refugee housing problem in EU
2015 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - Pagodas and Dragon Gates▲69
The history of San Francisco's China Town
2015 · its alternatives →
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Trespass. A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art▲71
Taschen tome profiling "The City as Canvas"
2015 · its alternatives →
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Imaginary Cities▲70
Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife
2016 · its alternatives →
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Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65
An urban transformation is underway
2016 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - The SoHo Effect▲57
What do you call your neighborhood?
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change▲63
Lean startup for urban development
2015 · its alternatives →
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Reveal- Water Bills Bleeding Them Dry▲60
The soaring costs of water in NYC in low-income areas
2015 · its alternatives →
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a16z - Using Social Tools to Build Homes for Those Most in Need▲63
Inspired by a trip to Haiti...
2015 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - The Landlord’s Game▲74
Every game is a designed system. Even a certain board game.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲65
The Lady Vanishes: The past deserves a second chance
2016 · its alternatives →
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Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56
Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces
2016 · its alternatives →
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Nextt Experiments▲86
A community for open and permissionless innovation
2017 · its alternatives →
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Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲61
The strange phenomenon of being the “token”
2016 · its alternatives →
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Disrupting the Legal Industry from a Midwest Mountain Town▲54
Uncovering stories from entrepreneurs and VC's worldwide
2017 · its alternatives →
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Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63
Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society
2016 · its alternatives →
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Chronic City▲57
A quest for truth in a city built on ambition
2015 · its alternatives →

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