Cities exist to bring people together, but cities are pretty good at keeping people apart, too. This is a blog about “weapons” used by architects, planners, policy-makers, developers, real estate brokers, community activists and other urban actors to wage the ongoing war between integration and segregation, between NIMBY (not in my back yard), and WIMBY (welcome in my back yard). The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion the book is finally available!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
CONTRACT BUYER
Here's a great website about the Contract Buyers League, a collective of African American Chicago homeowners originating in North Lawndale on Chicago's West Side, who, in the late 1960s protested the exploitative sale of homes to blacks through contract selling. It has a lot of great information and links, including a really high-resolution residential security map of Chicago, and a cool documentary we had never seen called Blacks and Jews that examines the relationships and conflicts between Black and Jewish activists. Check it out!
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