Cochran Gardens was a public housing complex on the near north side of downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

Built by the same firm, Leinweber, Yamasaki & Hellmuth,[2][3] as the infamous Pruitt–Igoe complex, Cochran Gardens was more successful than its ill-fated sister project.

In the mid 1970s, Bertha Gilkey and a group of friends successfully led a community driven rehabilitation effort; in 1976 she won a property management contract from the city.

[4] Independent management improved Cochran Gardens and created small business jobs in the neighborhood.

[5] President George H. W. Bush visited the site in 1991, commending tenant management and Bertha Gilkey.