Lies, Damn Lies, Racial Integration and Segregation in St. Louis, and ...
In the first City of St. Louis mayoral candidate debate, three-term incumbent Francis Slay stated that while “the ‘Delmar Divide’…
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Reed vs. Slay: Race and the Absence of a Race
There’s a shooting in the City of St. Louis and Twitter is instantly splattered with critiques of Mayor Francis Slay.…
The BBC Looks at Delmar: Crossing a St Louis street that divides commu...
The city of St Louis, Missouri, remains one of the most segregated cities in the US, according to a study…
Fairground Park: The History We Choose to Forget
In 1912, three years after Fairground was dedicated as a public park, the city began construction of a swimming pool…
Fairground Park: What the Signs Say
The signs in the first two images reveal one of the first challenges to conversations about Fairground Park. The first…
Fairground Park: What History Remains
For many St. Louis area residents, Fairground Park is a faded memory, or an unrecognized part of the city and…
The White City: Is St. Louis Too Black to Ever Be Considered “Pr...
{a view of “progressive” Portland, OR}
On the website New Geography, Aaron Renn (aka the Urbanophile) has an article titled
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