The New York Times – by Thomas Rogers
From afar, the Star Apartments housing complex in Los Angeles could easily be mistaken for luxury condos. Its striking silhouette hovers over the city’s Skid Row neighborhood like stacks of cantilevered Legos. But the building, designed by the renowned architect Michael Maltzan, is not for Hollywood executives or tech entrepreneurs: It is one of the world’s most ambitious attempts at housing the formerly homeless.
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