It's largely a myth that high rise projects were an experiment that went poorly. At the time that they were built, most of the high rise public housing project

It's largely a myth that high rise projects were an experiment that went poorly. At the time that they were built, most of the high rise public housing projects were argued against by public housing advocates. Public high rise projects were a cynical racist tool of large political machines to segregate voter basis and solidify biased voting blocs. The earlier public housing experiments were more about integrated mixed income housing, which were very successful. There are lots of examples of this model that are successful but modern versions get voted down due to the specter of the Robert Taylor homes. One of my favorite books about this subject is "Blueprint for Disaster" by Hunt.