Re: Van White Memorial Bridge
Posted: August 28th, 2013, 8:15 am
Isn't Harrison almost exclusively north of the tracks though? This is what I'm saying -- invest in the actual neighborhood.
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They've had a co-op in the planning stages for a few years.I dunno... Better ask the residents of Harrison what they think about Whole Foods.
This is a myth. I know the neighborhood activist who misinterpreted the work of a social scientist and goes around claiming that the City planned for Harrison to be a Negro Slum. She's referring to the work of Calvin Schmid, who was a sociologist at the U of M, where he wrote a book called A Social Saga of Two Cities that relied on a series of hand-drawn demographic maps. While it's obviously a product of its time and uses terms that would be offensive to us now, it's also an essential document for anyone who wants to understand the morphology of Minneapolis and St Paul today (and many of the suburbs, really, which tended to extend demographic patterns). I linked above to the WorldCat entry for it so you can go and read it and actually learn something instead of just slinging BS on the internet. You'll find that it's intended to merely describe existing conditions, not designate future use.Harrison is located in an area labeled "Negro Slums" on planning maps since at least 1935. There has been deliberate segregation, disinvestment and concentration of poverty in the area. These neighborhoods deserve a real investment, not more siting of polluting industrial uses.
So ignoring the disrespectful snark...This is a myth. I know the neighborhood activist who misinterpreted the work of a social scientist and goes around claiming that the City planned for Harrison to be a Negro Slum.Harrison is located in an area labeled "Negro Slums" on planning maps since at least 1935. There has been deliberate segregation, disinvestment and concentration of poverty in the area. These neighborhoods deserve a real investment, not more siting of polluting industrial uses.
Harrison is north of the tracks and this is technically in Bryn Mawr but both neighborhoods have been active in the planning. This is a shared vision and investment. While the views of details don't always line up, the neighborhoods are in sync on the big issues.Isn't Harrison almost exclusively north of the tracks though? This is what I'm saying -- invest in the actual neighborhood.