Kenmore Ave. looking south from BeldenAs a follow-up to my piece on the humane density of New York's Upper West Side, I was in Chicago last weekend and took some snaps of the same effect in that city share with you. These pictures are of Lincoln Park, a North Side neighborhood that is among the city's most prestigious. It's about three square miles, extending from the lakefront park of the same name west to around Clybourn Ave. The density is 20,000 per square mile. This is far lower than the Upper West Side, but the comparison is not quite … [Read more...]
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How Segregated Is New York City?
[ I don't know how he comes up with this stuff, but Daniel Hertz has continued to turn out tons of interesting maps and findings on segregation and inequality. In this piece from last April, he looked at the matter of segregation in New York City. For more, check out his web site - Aaron. ] Update to Original Post: I wrote this in the comments, but several people have asked about it and not everyone makes it down there: this post focuses on white-black segregation because that, for various social and historical reasons, has been by far the … [Read more...]
The Growing Public Safety Inequality Gap in Chicago
[ Daniel Hertz writes over at his City Notes blog. He was gracious enough to give me to permission to repost the results of his research into changes in crime patterns in Chicago over time - Aaron. ] Here are two maps: HOMICIDE RATE BY POLICE DISTRICT 1990-1993 2008-2011 Like the captions say, the one on the left shows homicide rates by police district in the early 90s, when crime was at its peak in Chicago, and the one on the right shows the same thing, but about two decades later.* The areas in dark green are the … [Read more...]
Two Chicagos, Defined
[ Here's another nice piece of analysis about Chicago from Pete Saunders. He originally did this earlier this year - Aaron. ] Chicago skyline. Source: wikipedia.org Years ago, when I first started working as a planner for the City of Chicago, my primary responsibility was working with community organizations that received Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for commercial revitalization activities. This being CDBG funding, our work was constrained to areas of the city where 51% or more of households earned less than the … [Read more...]