Unpacking the 2010 Census (2013 Updated Version) - Part 2
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"Unpacking the 2010 Census: The New Realities of Race, Class, and Jurisdiction" is co-sponsored by Hope in the Cities and the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. The program examines the dramatically changing landscape of human need and what we must do collectively to address the plight of our neighbors and to build a just and inclusive community in metropolitan Richmond, Virginia. This presentation was conceived, researched and designed by Dr. John V. Moeser, Senior Fellow at the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond. Part 2 of the "Unpacking the 2010 Census" presentation focuses on the history that led to the current dynamics in metropolitan Richmond.
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History
Subsidized Housing Concentration in RichmondKenny McLemore, Housing Policy Analyst
Dept. of Economic and Community Development, City of Richmond
Redlining of Richmond
1937 and 2010
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Areas graded A & B in 1937
Areas graded C & D in 1937
Notices of Trustee Sales Filed from 2007 through 2009 Within Boundaries Formerly Defined by HOLC in 1937
Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), Will Sanford, Research Analyst
FROM DISINVESTMENT TO SLUM CLEARANCE
Detailed studies of city records will be made to determine areas of tax delinquency,
lowest assessment and revenue production, areas where normal growth is impeded by
slum conditions and finally those slum areas most attractive to private developers.
Richmond News LeaderOctober 25, 1950
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (I-95)
Alternative Route
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (95)
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (95)
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (95)
Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (95)
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
Navy Hill Elementary School
The Slow Death of Navy Hill
“All of our history, traditions, good times and bad times were destroyed.”Former Navy Hill Resident (quoted in Seldon Richardson’s Built by Blacks)
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIES OF OUR DEMISED LOVED ONES JULY 17, 1993
LOVE AND MEMORIES NEVER DIE AS DAYS ROLL ON AND YEARS PASS BY. DEEP IN OUR HEARTS
IN MEMORIES ARE KEPT OF THE ONES WE LOVED
AND SHALL NEVER FORGET.DONATED BY
THE BOB CURRY SOCIETYTHE NAVY HILL REUNION AND FRIENDS
The Memory of Navy Hill
New State Marker
Fulton
In the late 1960s, Fulton had 3,000 residents in
about 836 buildings across 330 acres that included
seven churches, restaurants, stores,
schools, and a movie theater.
Fulton in the 1890s
The Bisection of Randolph & Oregon Hill
Completion of the Downtown Expressway
