During the postwar urban renewal era, many US cities constructed high-rise downtown apartment buildings to lure families back from the suburbs. These projects met demand for high-end downtown housing. They often remain occupied today—in stark contrast to the more rapid demise of many other redevelopment projects designed for shopping, entertainment, or public housing use. Yet, they also often fell short of their larger demographic goals. This occupational history of New Haven, Connecticut’s first downtown high-rises shows that the projects’ architecture, site planning, public realm, and rental structures never lived up to either suburban alternatives or their own marketing promises.

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扭转郊区家庭的潮流？城市更新高层住宅的设计，营销和使用

战后城市复兴时期，许多美国城市建造了高层市区的公寓楼，以吸引家庭从郊区返回。这些项目满足了对高端市区住房的需求。他们今天经常仍被占领，这与为购物，娱乐或公共住房目的而设计的许多其他重建项目的迅速消亡形成鲜明对比。但是，他们通常也无法实现更大的人口目标。康涅狄格州纽黑文（New Haven）的第一个市中心高层建筑的职业历史表明，这些项目的建筑，场地规划，公共领域和租赁结构从未辜负郊区的替代方案或他们自己的营销承诺。