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Exhibition Explores Black Displacement, Creating Home in Oakland
Learn the stories of two communities where Black homes were destroyed, and see the vision community members have of a future Oakland.
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Denver Land Trust Fights Displacement Whether It Owns the Land or Not
Tierra Colectiva, a community land trust in the Denver neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, combines community organizing, traditional CLT development, and more unusual roles in a large affordable housing development.
What Might Have Been: Art Exploring Black Leisure Sites
The Ebony Beach Club was supposed to open in the 1950s, but the city used eminent domain to seize the site. Los Angeles artist Autumn Breon talks about how the story inspired her multidisciplinary art event and why she’s inspired by the history of Black leisure sites.
It’s Not Actually About Ownership
Private Property and Public Power: Eminent Domain in Philadelphia,
by Debbie Becher. Oxford University Press, 2014. 334pp. $30.50 (paper)
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Home Alone, Chinese-Style
Chinese bloggers called it a “nail house”—a private home in the Chinese city of Chongqing that became a thorn in the side of local authorities and big-business interests. Its owners, […]
Will Columbia Take Manhattanville?
Balancing an Ivy League university’s expansion plan with a Harlem neighborhood’s needs is a tricky business, especially when eminent domain is in the mix.
Taming Eminent Domain
We can harness backlash against eminent domain abuses in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision to bring about genuine community empowerment in the redevelopment process.
Take and Give
Turning eminent domain into a tool for creating vital communities hinges on crafting a delicate balance between all who stand to benefit — or lose out — from the transformation of a neighborhood.