Visions, Plans, and Schemes: Reconstructing African American St. Louis after the 1927 Tornado

IF 0.5 Q4 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
A. Hurley, E. Murray
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Abstract

This article explores the conflicting claims on urban redevelopment in the aftermath of the 1927 St. Louis tornado. In the Finney Avenue District, a nascent middle-class African American neighborhood, residents saw the post-tornado rebuilding program as an opportunity for civic improvement through the construction of new schools and housing. This grass-roots vision, however, ran up against the objectives and machinations of efficiency-minded city planners and profit-seeking developers. A micro-analysis of the rebuilding process sheds light on the racial politics of early 20th century urban redevelopment as well as the role of natural disasters in reshaping the urban landscape.
愿景、计划与方案:重建1927年龙卷风后的非裔美国人圣路易斯
本文探讨了1927年圣路易斯龙卷风之后关于城市重建的相互矛盾的主张。芬尼大道区(Finney Avenue District)是一个新兴的非裔美国中产阶级社区,居民们将龙卷风后的重建项目视为通过建造新学校和住房来改善市民生活的机会。然而,这种基层的愿景与注重效率的城市规划者和追求利润的开发商的目标和阴谋背道而驰。对重建过程的微观分析揭示了20世纪早期城市重建的种族政治,以及自然灾害在重塑城市景观中的作用。
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Journal of Planning History
Journal of Planning History REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-
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1.20
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16.70%
发文量
24
期刊介绍: The Journal of Planning History publishes peer-reviewed articles, book, conference and exhibition reviews, commissioned essays, and updates on new publications on the history of city and regional planning, with particular emphasis on the Americas. JPH invites scholars and practitioners of planning to submit articles and features on the full range of topics embraced by city and regional planning history, including planning history in the Americas, transnational planning experiences, planning history pedagogy, planning history in planning practice, the intellectual roots of the planning processes, and planning history historiography.
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