St. Louis Anthropocene: displacement & replacement
JJPAnnotation of
In response to
A brief essay about St. Louis' notorious eminent domain history--
--along with 2 recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch articles about "urban renewal" projects that are scheduled to reoccupy the Mill Flats area, which hosted the most notorious episode of displacement of African-American communities: the Chouteau Greenway project (will it serve or displace low-income St. Louisans?); and SLU's Mill Creek Flats high-rise project, which certainly will, and whose name seems to me an especially tone-deaf if gutsy move...
https://humanities.wustl.edu/features/Margaret-Garb-St-Louis-Eminent-Domain
Hurricane Vulnerability/Resilience in Newark
In this PECE essay, there are numerous articles that discuss New Jersey's, mainly Newark's, vulnerabilities and resilience to hurricanes.
Christie Declares State Of Emergency; Orders Evacuations In Some Parts Of N.J.
This article talks about how former governor Chris Christie announces a state of emergency and mandatory evacuation in certain parts of the state before hurricane Sandy
PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service
This article talks about how 24 hour path service between Newark and WTC is to resume.
Gov. Christie: Sandy Cleanup to Cost New Jersey $29.4 Billion
This article talks about how former Governor Chris Christie announces that the cleanup cost for Hurricane Sandy will cost 29.4 Billion Dollars.
Study: New Jersey Beaches 30-40 Feet Narrower After Superstorm Sandy
This article talks about how the Hurricane Sandy affected the length of beaches and associated cost with repairing the damage.
How will Hurricane Jose impact New Jersey?
The article talks about how hurricane Jose will affect New Jersey.
World War II's Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job.