Placemakers

Atlanta wanted an end to its public housing projects-- no more pockets of poverty, crime, and despair. In the 1990s, the city started tearing the projects down, replacing them with mixed-income neighborhoods. The shining success story of this effort? East Lake, which turned “Little Vietnam” into a safe, beautiful community. We’ll meet the people who made it happen. When so much can go wrong, how did East Lake get it right?