Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk (center) going over plans for new houses with the Junta de Vecinos at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile

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Description: Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk 1965-1967 worked in urban community development in Nueva Palena, Chile. Fisk worked with the community to create a housing cooperative and build homes during Chile's mid-1960s urban housing deficit. This self-help housing project received a lot of publicity from New York Times reporter, Juan de Onis, philosopher Walter Lippmann, Robert Kennedy, and President Nixon.
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Title
Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Fisk (center) going over plans for new houses with the Junta de Vecinos at Población Colo Colo, Nueva Palena, Chile
Creator(s)
Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Created
1965/1967
Issued
2017-10-02
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Topical Subject(s)
Construction projects -- Chile ; Housing, Cooperative ; Neighborhoods -- Chile -- Santiago ; Slums -- Chile ; Volunteer workers in community development -- Chile
Subject(s) -- Corporate Name
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Subject(s) -- Personal Name
Fisk, Dave
Continent
South America
Country
Chile
First Order Political Division
Región Metropolitana
City
Santiago
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Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
Local Identifier
PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0043
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2292

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