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Archive for the 'urban studies' category


Three about urban renewal, affordable housing

It’s always interesting to read about the “urban housing crisis” or whatever you want to call it.
Basically, the question is, how do you best provide safe, affordable housing to poor people who live in urban areas? Well, how does government provide this, is the real question. If you don’t buy into the idea [...]

08/15/08 | 1 Comment »



Subprime borrowers and the homeless, in the news

Couple of stories in yesterday’s Globe that you probably saw, but in case you didn’t.
Broker’s clients detail web of dashed dreams – By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe
Over the past couple of years, a lot of people bought homes they can’t afford. You may have heard about that. In some cases, the buyers [...]

01/21/08 | 1 Comment »



Murders in major US cities go down. And up.

Toward the end of the year, everyone’s out with data on just about everything.
Today I read about the number of murders going down in many major US cities, this year.
Year-to-date, at least.
Unfortunately, some cities have experienced increases.
Historic low in NYC, Chicago homicides – By Colleen Long, Associated Press
City — 2007 — 2006
Boston — 66 murders [...]

12/29/07 | Leave a comment »



Buffalo: a city in crisis?

I’ve always wanted to visit Buffalo.
Friends say I shouldn’t bother.
I can see why they say that.
From a story in today’s Times:
Vacant Houses, Scourge of a Beaten-Down Buffalo – By Ken Belson, The New York Times
Gangs, squatters and teenagers [in Buffalo] have been burning down hundreds of houses a year, straining the meager resources of the [...]

09/13/07 | 6 Comments »



Many neighborhoods were affected by urban renewal plans

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about old Boston neighborhoods being “reconnected” to the city. The North End was cut off from the rest of Boston by the Central Artery, built in the 1950’s. Now, the depression of the Artery allows for the “stitching” of that neighborhood with downtown Boston.
Likewise, parts of [...]

07/22/07 | Leave a comment »



North End – it’s different, now

The Boston Globe’s new columnist gets all teary-eyed about the changes the North End has undergone over the past twenty-four years.
Same Place, Different Time – By Kevin Cullen, the Boston Globe
When Jerry [Angiulo] and his brothers were arrested [1983], about 70 percent of the people who lived on the blocks surrounding Prince Street were either [...]

07/18/07 | Leave a comment »



Mildly interesting essay in today’s Globe

A rather boring and somewhat irrelevant essay today in the Globe:
Urban puzzle – by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, The Boston Globe
The gentrification of rundown city neighborhoods conjures an image of well-off whites displacing poor minorities. What’s actually going on is far more complex, and the winners and losers can be hard to predict.
I lost interest after [...]

04/01/07 | Leave a comment »



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