Posts by Sarah Jane Shoenfeld — Guest Contributor

Sarah Jane Shoenfeld is a co-director of Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, a public history project documenting the historic segregation of DC’s housing, along with its schools, playgrounds, and other public spaces. Sarah is from Washington, lives in Brightwood Park, and has an M.A. in History from Northeastern University.

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  2017’s greatest hits: How segregation shaped DC’s northernmost ward

  HistoryHistoryBy Sarah Jane Shoenfeld (Guest Contributor) December 29, 2017

  DC's largest ward replaced historic black enclaves with whites-only neighborhoods, then segregated back following white flight. Today developers benefit from the artificially depressed housing prices in Ward 4.   Keep reading…

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  How segregation shaped DC’s northernmost ward

  HistoryHistoryBy Sarah Jane Shoenfeld (Guest Contributor) September 14, 2017 19

  DC's largest ward replaced historic black enclaves with whites-only neighborhoods, then segregated back following white flight. Today developers benefit from the artificially depressed housing prices in Ward 4.   Keep reading…

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  DC’s Comprehensive Plan, a document we use today, preserves the racial segregation of our past

  ZoningHistoryBy Sarah Jane Shoenfeld (Guest Contributor) June 13, 2017 62

  In its current planning documents, DC classifies neighborhoods in a way that looks disturbingly similar to “redlining” maps from the past. By labeling large sections of DC as “stable” and creating policies that insulate these areas, the city appears to be preserving residential segregation.  Keep reading…