285 research outputs found
The Irish in the Civil War: Three Leading Irish-American Heroes
The article recounts the lives of two Irish-American military leaders of the Civil War – Thomas Francis Meagher of the Irish Brigade and “Little” Phil Sheridan. Both of these men fought for the Union
Book Review, The Failure of the Private Housing Market
Reviewing Rethinking Rental Housing, John Gilderboom and Richard Appelbaum, Temple University Press, 1988
The Elmwood Experiment: the Use of Commercial Rent Stabilization to Preserve a Diverse Neighborhood Shopping District
This Article focuses on a different form of displacement that threatens small businesses in revitalized urban neighborhoods. When more affluent newcomers replace a population composed of low-income, minority, and elderly residents, the commercial face of gentrifying neighborhoods often changes
Book Review Essay, Urban Politics, The City Liberal, Progressive, and Conservative
Reviewing Stella M. Capek and John I. Gilderboom, Community Versus Commodity: Tenants and the American City; Richard Edward DeLeon, Left Coast City: Progressive Politics in San Franscisco; Chis McNickle, To be Mayor of New York: Ethnic Politics in the City; John Hull Mollenkopf, A Phoenix in the Ashes: The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics
Suburban Cleveland\u27s 20-Year Integration Struggle
A retrospective look at open housing efforts in one of the nation\u27s most segregated regions
The Parma Housing Racial Discrimination Remedy Revisited
In 1980, the city of Parma, Ohio, Cleveland\u27s largest suburban city was found guilty of violating the Fair Housing Act. Along with the Gautreaux, Mt. Laurel, and Yonkers cases, the Parma case represents a longstanding remedy aimed at eliminating a pattern and practice of municipal discrimination in housing. It raises the issue of how far courts and the federal judiciary in particular, are willing and able to go in order to address systematic patterns of housing segregation. This article reviews the original decision and its appeal, the implementation of the original remedy, and the more recent remedy and its prospects for success
The Dilemma of Old, Urban Neighborhoods
I will focus on the emergence, evolution, and experience of community development corporations (CDCs) based in these neighborhoods
Book Review, Progressive Cities and the Tenants Movement
Reviewing The Progressive City, Pierre Clavel, Planning and Participation, 1969-1984, Rutgers University Press, 1986
Suburban Cleveland\u27s 20-Year Integration Struggle
A retrospective look at open housing efforts in one of the nation\u27s most segregated regions
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