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Analyses the architecture of Saint Louis low-income housing project Pruit-Igoe that failed. Doubts expressed by various critics about the concept of high-rise living for low income families; Views expressed by sociologists about the project; Criticism made by the author against the architects of the project.

The article features Witold von Henneberg and his brother Jacek von Henneberg who won the first prize in the international design competition for a multistory apartment building in Warsaw, Poland. It states that both the Hennebergs went to the U.S. to complete their architectural studies after fighting the anti-Nazi in Warsaw and captured by the Germans during the 1944 uprising. It adds that they established a shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts with associate Bohdan Hryniewic.

Comments on the changes in the social conditions in New York. Deterioration in the quality of life with the continued valuation of real estate and construction of high-rise apartment buildings; Retreat for local residents in a range of service offerings for hotel guests; Link of the population growth to the stimulation of appetite for luxury.

Presents information on various issues related to U.S. politics as of April 1972. Efforts of the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon to avert a summer brownout; Financial support to be received by Alabama Senator John Sparkman from the banking industry in his bid for re-election; Intervention contemplated by U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Rogers Morton against a high-rise apartment project on the waterfront section of Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia.