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.