Posts tagged Segregation
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A library replacement offers a unique opportunity to build housing in Maryland’s Chevy Chase. Cue the usual opposition
Chevy Chase, Md. is wealthy, lacks affordable housing options, and has a history of exclusion. Now some residents are opposing building housing alongside a library reconstruction project. Keep reading…
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Converting office space into housing can be one solution for the region’s housing crisis — but not the only solution
Office to residential conversions are sometimes treated as a panacea, and a reason not to try any of the other many tools we need to use to solve our region’s housing shortage. Keep reading…
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National links: Why gentrification takes center stage in debates over urban inequality
When we focus exclusively on gentrification, segregation and concentrated poverty can fly under the radar. Building by-the-book wouldn’t have protected New Orleans from flooding, so engineers pushed the limits. Is there any better way to learn about a city budget than Legos? Keep reading…
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Here’s how neighborhoods west of Kenilworth Avenue in Northeast DC became isolated from the city
The neighborhoods of River Terrace, Parkside, Mayfair, Eastland Gardens, and Kenilworth in Northeast DC are isolated from the rest of the District by the Anacostia River to the northwest and DC Route 295 to the southeast. While these neighborhoods are very isolated and contain some of the lowest-income Census block groups in the District today, they were sited to take advantage of direct transportation routes to downtown and built for higher-income professionals. Keep reading…
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Where segregation has changed in DC — and where it hasn’t
A recent report found that DC, like many US cities, is actually more segregated than it was in 1990 — but the racial and ethnic makeup of many individual neighborhoods has changed over time. Keep reading…
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National links: How a manicured lawn came to represent the American Dream
How did the American Dream get so green? The pandemic is sending jobs to the suburbs. Segregation isn’t just about houses — it’s about where we spend our days. Keep reading…
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A suburban development tests the limits of DC historic district designation
Ward 3 neighborhood Colony Hill’s nondescript historic district application will test the Historic Preservation Review Board’s minimum standards and raise further questions about preservation’s relationship to the history of racial segregation. Keep reading…
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The Kingman Park Historic District is a little bigger now
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board has approved an expansion of the Kingman Park Historic District, granting a victory to the applicants who were disappointed with the Board’s decision to reduce their desired boundaries in the initial designation process two years ago. Keep reading…
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Residential segregation wasn’t an accident — it was government policy
White and Black Americans are segregated not solely due to choices made by private individuals, but because of policies created and maintained by the government itself. On Monday night, GGWash hosted a discussion of The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein’s book about government-sponsored, or de jure, segregation. Keep reading…
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How segregation in DC shifts from day to night
Many people continue to live in much more racially-segregated areas than where they work. Keep reading…