Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods

Achievements, Opportunities, and Limits

W Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, W. (William) Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN: 9780761906926
• eBook ISBN: 9781452263410
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods presents a timely look at some of the most troubled neighborhoods in eight American cities: Atlanta, Camden, Chicago, Cleveland, East Saint Louis, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. The authors, W. Dennis Keating and Norman Krumholz, review past federal policies and early assessments of the latest federal initiative, the Empowerment Zone. They find some signs of revival even in the most distressed urban neighborhoods, but often as an overlay to persistent poverty and social problems. The case studies emphasize the important roles played by Community Development Corporations, and the book concludes with an analysis of the future prospects for distressed urban neighborhoods.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Series Editors' Introduction
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• The Decline of Urban Neighborhoods
• Federal Intervention
• Federal Cutbacks
• Cities and Distressed Neighborhoods: Case Studies
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2 - Federal Policy and Poor Urban Neighborhoods
• Introduction
• The Progressive Era
• The Liberal New Deal
• Urban Renewal
• The 1960s: Urban Riots and Ambitious Federal Programs
• A Shift to the Right: The New Federalism
• HUD and the Neighborhoods
• Lenders and Investment in Poor Neighborhoods: HMDA and CRA
• The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and Empowerment Zones
• Conclusion
• Urban Redevelopment Initiatives
• Chapter 3 - Atlanta: Peoplestown—-Resilience and Tenacity Versus Institutional Hostility
• Early History
• Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction I
• Urban Renewal
• Peoplestown Organizes
• Expressways and Neighborhood Destruction II
• The Olympic Stadium
• Summerhill's Deal With the Regime
• Peoplestown Mobilizes Opposition
• The Consequences of Opposition
• Indigenous Development
• Future Prospects
• Chapter 4 - Camden, New Jersey: Urban Decay and the Absence of Public-Private Partnerships
• Introduction
• Background
• Mayor Randy Primas Tries to Rebuild Camden
• The Administration of Dr. Arnold Webster
• How Camden Might Improve Its Record in Urban Revitalization
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5 - Chicago: Community Building on Chicago's West Side—North Lawndale, 1960-1997
• Introduction
• A History of North Lawndale
• Civil Rights and Community Organizing
• Planning and a Community Development Corporation
• Faith, Markets, and Community Building
• Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
• Homan Square
• The Steans Family Foundation
• North Lawndale's Past and Future
• Chapter 6 - Cleveland: The Hough and Central Neighborhoods—Empowerment Zones and Other Urban Policies
• Cleveland: An Overview
• Hough
• Central
• Empowerment Zones
• Chapter 7 - Detroit: Staying the Course—Detroit's Struggle to Revitalize the Inner City
• Detroit's Revitalization Experience: Common Themes
• Urban Redevelopment
• Urban Renewal
• The War on Poverty
• Model Cities
• Community Development Block Grant Program
• Public Housing
• The Empowerment Zone
• Private Sector Partnerships
• Citizen Participation
• Prognosis
• Can Archer Deliver?
• Can Programs Make a Difference?
• The City and Support of Poor Neighborhoods
• Chapter 8 - East St. Louis, Illinois: Promoting Community Development Through Empowerment Planning
• The Economic Collapse of East St. Louis
• Initiating the Empowerment Process in Winstanley/ Industry Park
• Formulating Neighborhood Goals for Winstanley/ Industry Park
• Creating the Illinois Avenue Playground
• Devising the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan
• Establishing the East St. Louis Farmers Market
• Improving Winstanley/Industry Park's Housing Stock
• Building Organizational Capacity for WIPNO
• Predicting the Future of Local Community-Based Planning Efforts
• Conclusions
• Chapter 9 - Los Angeles: Borders to Poverty—Empowerment Zones and Spatial Politics of Development
• Introduction
• Supplemental Empowerment Zone (SEZ) Defined
• Los Angeles Poverty Areas and the Emergent Supplemental Empowerment Zone
• Development Efforts and Their Failure Pattern
• Summary Discussion and Conclusion
• Chapter 10 - Miami: The Overtown Neighborhood—A Generation of Revitalization Strategies Gone Awry
• Immigration, Politics, and Economics in Miami and Dade County
• Discrimination, Segregation, and Interracial Mob Violence
• Historical Patterns, Urban Renewal, and Highways
• Population and Social Characteristics in Overtown
• Stimulating Community Reinvestment
• Conclusion: Of Power, Purpose, and Persistence
• A Future for Overtown?
• Chapter 11 - New York: Challenges Facing Neighborhoods in Distress
• Introduction
• The Role of Government
• The Most Distressed Neighborhoods: The Case of Red Hook
• Act Three: The Uncertain Future
• The Empowerment Zone
• Chapter 12 - Future Prospects for Distressed Urban Neighborhoods
• Introduction
• What Have We Learned?
• Progressive Municipal Government
• Federal Devolution
• The Urban Policy Debate
• People Versus Places Revisited
• Rebuilding Distressed Urban Neighborhoods
• The Future Outlook
• References
• Index
• About the Authors