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Using data & remastered historic photos to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, & freeways. Also potential solutions.

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Construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway required the forcible displacement of tens of thousands of people across the two boroughs. Designed by Robert Moses, the highway cut a nearly 15-mile gash through some of the most densely populated neighborhoods on the planet.


Update on “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

SegByDesign's tweet image. Update on “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

Nice read. "Canal communities are tied together by this piece of infrastructure and it’s not very clear what it’s for or what needs to happen to it. So there’s an interesting [opportunity] for urbanism that is not necessarily based on growth.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…


Overview of mid-October “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

SegByDesign's tweet image. Overview of mid-October “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

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It's not just the highways and "Urban Renewal" projects decimating cities, but the large, consolidated blocks that sap the life out of neighborhoods.

CompletedStreet's tweet image. It's not just the highways and "Urban Renewal" projects decimating cities, but the large, consolidated blocks that sap the life out of neighborhoods.

Overview of last month's “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

SegByDesign's tweet image. Overview of last month's “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: segregationbydesign.com/reconnection-n…

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EDGI and our collaborators at Public Environmental Data Partners are ensuring federal data is backed up, including the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index and Environmental Justice Index. theverge.com/news/604484/do…


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The entire US real estate market is priced around distance from black neighborhoods.


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#30DayMapChallenge Day 21 — Conflict Today’s highlight, inspired by the ongoing analysis of urban inequality in US cities by Adam Susaneck of @SegByDesign, was built by Mapboxer James Piacentini. This map shows the overlap of areas of “urban renewal” and public housing in New…


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I voted by mail – it was easy and a great excuse to say hi to some neighbors. If you're voting by mail like me, get your ballot in the mail right away. No matter how you vote, make sure you have a plan and get it done: IWillVote.com/Obama


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The Mexican-American community of Palo Verde, before-and-after the government forcibly evicted residents and demolished the neighborhood in the 1950s. The site was then used to build Dodger Stadium—more precisely: the Dodger Stadium parking lot.

SegByDesign's tweet image. The Mexican-American community of Palo Verde, before-and-after the government forcibly evicted residents and demolished the neighborhood in the 1950s. The site was then used to build Dodger Stadium—more precisely: the Dodger Stadium parking lot.

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The answer is racism.

why did we do this? why did we spend billions to ruin our beautiful city and make everyone miserable.

missmayn's tweet image. why did we do this? why did we spend billions to ruin our beautiful city and make everyone miserable.
missmayn's tweet image. why did we do this? why did we spend billions to ruin our beautiful city and make everyone miserable.
missmayn's tweet image. why did we do this? why did we spend billions to ruin our beautiful city and make everyone miserable.
missmayn's tweet image. why did we do this? why did we spend billions to ruin our beautiful city and make everyone miserable.


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“It’s the largest competitive grant #Montgomery has ever received... The grant will enable Montgomery to make significant strides in rectifying past wrongs.” -@CityofMGM Mayor @stevenlouisreed on the $36m Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Initiative (RCN) federal grant.

Results4America's tweet image. “It’s the largest competitive grant #Montgomery has ever received... The grant will enable Montgomery to make significant strides in rectifying past wrongs.” -@CityofMGM Mayor @stevenlouisreed on the $36m Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Initiative (RCN) federal grant.

Two years after the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March in 1965, the neighborhoods in which the march had been organized were demolished for I-65 & 85. Now, the city has received a grant from Biden/Harris Admin. to begin reconnecting the communities divided by the highway.



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