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

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. Federal District Court Judge Frank Battisti imposed an extensive remedy upon Parma. Upon approval by the Sixth Circuit of the imposed remedy, its implementation began in 1982. Controversy surrounded much of the remedy, and fourteen years later following Battisti\u27s death, Federal District Court judge Kathleen O\u27Malley approved a new settlment aimed at ending the court\u27s supervision of the modified remedy after another two years. 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

Annual Meeting

The Friends of the Library Annual meeting was held on May 21, 2024 led by W. Dennis Keating, Friends of the Library President. The agenda and the minutes are in the attached document