By Niccolo Caldararo Background As a young student in 1966, I was struck by the efforts of the City of San Francisco to destroy the neighborhoods of African Americans. Most disturbing were the mass evictions that took place in the process of redevelopment. I was living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco at the time, an area of mixed housing (mostly 2 and … [Read more...] about Community Mobilization against Eviction in 1970s San Francisco & the contribution of Chester Hartman
VIDEO: Community Gardens and the Conquest of Land
Josh is a practicing urban planner in the Mid Atlantic. For the past nine years, Josh has served as a land use and transportation planner with a career focus in public engagement. Since the onset of the pandemic, Josh has taken on an equity planning role and serves as a subject expert for equity on transportation projects. In his free time, he researches, writes, and produces … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Community Gardens and the Conquest of Land
REVIEW: Justice at Work – the Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities
Reviewed by Pierre Clavel Justice at Work: The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in CitiesBy Marc Doussard and Greg SchrockUniversity of Minnesota Press$25.00 (paperback)252 pages, 14 b&w photos, 4 tables, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 2022 Doussard and Schrock propose a new approach to urban theory and practice. Rather than focus on elites— casting resistance as … [Read more...] about REVIEW: Justice at Work – the Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities
VIDEO: How to Build a Gayborhood
Josh is a practicing urban planner in the Mid Atlantic. For the past nine years, Josh has served as a land use and transportation planner with a career focus in public engagement. Since the onset of the pandemic, Josh has taken on an equity planning role and serves as a subject expert for equity on transportation projects. In his free time, he researches, writes, and produces … [Read more...] about VIDEO: How to Build a Gayborhood
A Mensch With a Mission: Chester Hartman (1936-2023)
By Peter Dreier In 1960, Chester Hartman, then a graduate student in city planning at Harvard, received a notice from his draft board informing him that he had lost his student deferment and was reclassified 1-A. Rather than get drafted (the United States was calling up troops because of the Berlin crisis), Chester enlisted in the Army Reserve, which required an initial … [Read more...] about A Mensch With a Mission: Chester Hartman (1936-2023)