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Should architecturally significant low-income housing be preserved?

  • Written by Ashima Krishna, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageA 1974 photograph of Buffalo's Shoreline Apartments.George Burns/National Arcvhives at College Park

This past January, in Buffalo, New York, the second phase of demolition for a low-income housing complex called Shoreline Apartments commenced.

The property owner had long wanted to replace the crumbling buildings. Residents also sought a safer and...

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