Former Pruitt-Igoe residents and their supporters participated on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the unveiling of a commemorative marker at the site where the housing complex once stood.聽聽
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Former Pruitt-Igoe resident Ben Phillips, left, and Alderman Rasheen Aldridge at a marker dedication on May 4, 2025. Phillips was a boy when workers in protective gear sprayed a potential carcinogen around the Pruitt-Igoe apartment buildings in the mid-1950s as part of a secret Cold War-era military experiment.
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Former Pruitt-Igoe resident Ben Phillips, left, and Alderman Rasheen Aldridge at a marker dedication on May 4, 2025. Phillips was a boy when workers in protective gear sprayed a potential carcinogen around the Pruitt-Igoe apartment buildings in the mid-1950s as part of a secret Cold War-era military experiment.
Former Pruitt-Igoe residents and their supporters participated on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the unveiling of a commemorative marker at the site where the housing complex once stood.聽聽
