Sunday, June 26, 2022

How malls and freeways helped segregate America

Mall of America

Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehicles of segregation that destroyed communities of colour and further separated them from white America.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/segregation-by-freeway-1.6499455?cmp=rss

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