My St. Louis!

MY ST. LOUIS!

Story by: Ruben Segovia Jeremy Hartley

www.mystlouis.com Copyright 2016 Ruben Segovia and Jeremy Hartley First edition Harvard GSD Advised by Daniel D´Oca

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THIS CITY BELONGS TO:

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WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT? 4

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You probably will not be surprised to know that St. Louis did not fall from the sky looking the way it does today. St. Louis—like all cities—was shaped by decisions that people made about what to build and where.

People have also made a lot of decisions about who gets to live where. For example, there was a desire to prevent Black Americans to live on a primarily White block. The government then made a policy—known as “racial zoning to enforce it. This policy—and many more like it—helped segregate St. Louis.

Not all decisions and policies restrict access in St. Louis. Many policies exist that try to increase access in St. Louis. A good example would be the Fair Housing Act (FHA), which protected people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or securing financing for housing. Another example is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which ensures that buildings are accessible to everyone.

This book is an introduction to accessibility and the right to the city in St. Louis. After reading this book, you will have a better understanding of the decisions and policies that influence who gets to be where in St. Louis.

CONFUSED? DON´T WORRY LETS LEARN STEP BY STEP! 5

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WELCOME TO YOUR BOOK! This is your adventure! You will discover all the things that are built around you and how you are an essential part of it. First some quick instructions:

You will see big things drawn smaller, this is called “scaling” 6

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Plan view!

Elevation view!

Iso view!

You will see drawings from different perspectives, as if your body is floating around them.

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WELCOME TO YOUR CITY! Do you know a city is made out of different parts?

Let’s discover them!

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THIS IS YOUR ROOM! Your room is your own kingdom, it a space is where your imagination starts! You and your room are an important part of a bigger world!

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WHERE IS YOUR ROOM? LETS FIND OUT!

WHAT IS IN YOUR ROOM? Pick things that are in your room! Draw them in your room! Add new ones!

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YOUR ROOM IS IN A HOME! A home is made out of different rooms, each room has different roles, sizes and locations, but every one of them is equally important to a home.

ST LOUIS HOMES

In our city there are many types of homes and they vary depending their form and materials!

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They can have: -Brick -Wood -Windows -Doors -Arches -Walls -Columns -Porches -Patios -Pitched roof -Flat roof

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ST. LOUIS HOMES Homes also come in various sizes, depending on how many people live in them!

WHERE IS YOUR HOME? LETS FIND OUT! DRAW YOUR HOME What does your home looks like? Who lives in it?

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YOUR HOME IS IN A LOT! A lot is the piece of land where your home fits in.

Around the world lots are many sizes, in St. Louis they are mostly rectangular!

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ST LOUIS LOT

Lots come in many shapes and sizes!

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WHERE IS YOUR LOT? LETS FIND OUT!

WHAT IS IN YOUR LOT? Pick things that you can find in your lot!

Draw them! Add new ones!

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YOUR LOT IS IN A BLOCK! A block is a group of lots with buildings that share several elements: sidewalks, green spaces, and streets. This is where your immediate community is!

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WHERE IS YOUR BLOCK? LETS FIND OUT!

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YOUR BLOCK IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD! Neighborhoods are composed of blocks! They have different kind of buildings: homes, hospitals, churches, schools, and stores.

WHERE IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? LETS FIND OUT!

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YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN A CITY! Your city is St. Louis in the State of Missouri. It is an awesome city and we will learn a lot about it!

Find Missouri and color it!

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North Hampton

Benton Park West

Tower Grove South

Gravois Park South Hampton St. Louis Hills

Dutchtown Bevo Mill

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Boulevard Heights

McKinley Heights

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Princeton Heights

LaSalle Park

Square Compton Heights Tower Fox Grove Park East

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The Gate District Lafayette

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LETS EXPLORE MORE! ROOM! page 25

HOME! page 33

LOT! page 47

BLOCK! page 63

NEIGHBORHOOD! page 73

CITY! page 87

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YOU HAVE A NICE ROOM! We will look at a lot of the rules that people have to follow when building rooms, homes, lots, blocks, neighborhoods, and cities.

How many people live in your room?

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What can you see outside your window? Lets draw it!

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HOW ACCESSIBLE IS YOUR ROOM? Try to open your door handle with your fist closed.

If you can then you have an accessible door knob!

Accessible!

Extend your arms and walk around your room, see if you bump against things.

Put on a blindfold and walk around your room.

Is it easy?

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turning wheelchair

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In this world there is all kinds of great people! Some of them use wheelchairs, that is why all rooms need to be universally accessible.

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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Created in 1990 ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in jobs, transportation, and buildings.

DISABILITIES

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Time to explore your room! Take our special tape and start measuring, check if its universally accessible!

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HOMES COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES!

There are two types of homes: single-family and multi-family.

Some homes are owner-occupied, and some are renter-occupied.

single-family

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Remove the label with the homes.

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See how many houses of one type you can fit in each block.

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Put it on top of the block, hold it down and pass a pencil on top. This technique is called “stencil”.

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Cut the home footprints (white squares).

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single-family

single-family

multi-family

Why are some homes big and some small? Why is there such variety? Lets find out!

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EXPLORE YOUR HOME! Visit all the rooms! Go outside and count how many levels, doors, and windows your house has!

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Cut the outline of the house and rooms.

Fold them and glue them.

Arrange the rooms inside the house!

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DRAW YOUR HOME!

WHICH TYPE IS YOUR HOME?

YOUR HOME HAS

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HOMES ARE DIVERSE! In St. Louis there are different homes in size, shape and price.

One Story 900 sqft $15,000

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Mansion 5,000 sqft $500,000

Shotgun House 1,000 sqft $15,000

Row House 2,000 sqft $18,000

Bungalow 2,600 sqft $18,000

Apartment Building 900 sqft each unit $15,000

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Pick a house, the one that you like the most! This is your dream house! Color it in!

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Now imagine that you can not pick the house that you want! It was Legal until l968, but it still happens today!

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In 1940 a restrictive covenant was a private agreement that prevented Blacks from owning property in White neighborhoods.

The Shelley family wants this house

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The Kraemer family don´t let them move in

The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled in favor of the Shelleys!

The 14th Amendment bans discrimination.

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LOTS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES!

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54325 sqft

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Each size has different kind of buildings, can you match some of them?

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2. Stadium

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3. Tower

88113 sqft

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4. Mansion

f.______

5. Courthouse

6. Apartments 7. Bungalow

Answer: a-1, b-7, c-4, d-6, e-3 and 5, f-2

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MEASURE YOUR LOT! Walk around your lot and count your steps!

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Count your steps along the edge of your lot!

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Measure the length of your step with the measuring tape!

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NUMBER OF STEPS X LENGTH OF STEP =

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TIME TO GET YOUR HOME! Now that you know about homes and lots, it is time to find a place to live!

You have saved two dollar signs! $$

The bank can lend you a maximum of three dollar signs! $$$ This is called a mortgage!

House cost

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hotgun House 000 sqft 15,000

Row House 2,000 sqft $18,000

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Bungalow 2,600 sqft $18,000

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Pick your House!

Pick your Lot!

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Bank!

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YOUR MORTGAGE WAS DENIED! Mortgage discrimination is when people are denied a loan on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender or religion.

X One of the most famous moments of widespread mortgage discrimination occurred in inner city St. Louis neighborhoods from the 1930s until the late 1970s. The practice still continues throughout the United States today.

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BUT... WHAT IS SEGREGATION? Every one of us is different and unique. You have your own dreams and ideas and that is great! Each person is a different height and has different skin, hair, and eye color, this variety is part of humankind and makes it special.

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In the past, people were divided by skin color, is not that ridiculous? It would be like if people were divided by eye color or height. Sadly it still happening.

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MEET THE HEROES!

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MALCOLM X

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

ROSA PARKS

Luckily, great people raised their voices and after a long struggle the road for integration began!

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Thanks to their hard work, president Lyndon Johnson signed a document called the “Fair Housing Act�, which protects people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or getting a loan.

1968 FAIR

HOUSING

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WHO ARE YOUR HEROES? A hero is a person you admire, he or she can be from the past or living today. Their superpower is that they fight for equity, a fairness, and justice.

They could be teachers, parents, designers, politicians, artists, athletes, musicians, etc.

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Draw your hero!

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A BLOCK HAS DIFFERENT PARTS! Blocks are not just composed of houses, they have other elements. Some elements are intended for universal accessibility. Can you match them all?

g._________________ h._________________ i__________________ j.__________________

General: 1. House 2. Light post 3. Electric post 4. Sidewalk 5. Tree 6. Drainage 64

Universal Accessibility: 7. Raised crosswalk 8. Curb ramp 9. Crossing sign 10. Warning surface 11. Audible pedestrian sign

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a._________________ b._________________ c._________________ d._________________ e._________________ f._________________ 65

Answer: a-10, b-11, c-6, d-8, e-9, f-7, g-1, h-2, i-5, j-3

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BLOCKS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES!

They are shaped by streets and highways! These are some St. Louis examples. Can you connect each color from their home to where they work? Guide them through the white paths!

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WHAT IS BLOCKBUSTING? Realtors, people who sell homes, sometimes do this illegal activity and try to kick out families to make a profit.

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White families moved out to suburbia!

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Realtors paid people to be an annoyance and encouraged Black Americans to walk around White neighborhoods.

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Realtors bought houses from White families at low prices.

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And then re-sold them to Black families at high prices.

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FIND THE BLOCKBUSTERS! There is a green blockbuster paying people to make a mess! Find them!

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TIME TO DESIGN A NEIGHBORHOOD! Neighborhoods have different elements, lets arrange your ideal neighborhood!

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Hospital Park

School

Church

House

Groceries

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Neighborhoods are composed of blocks! They have different kind of buildings: homes, hospitals, churches, schools, and stores.

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ASSEMBLE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS!

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1. Riverview 2. N. Pointe 3. Baden 4. North Riverfront 5. Walnut Park West 6. Walnut Park East 7. Mark Twain 8. M.Twain I-70 Industrial 9. Penrose Park 10. Penrose 11. O´Fallon 12. College Hill 13. Fairground Park 14. Hyde Park 15. Near North Riverfront 16. Wells Goodfellow 17. Kingsway West 18. Kingsway East 19. Greater Ville 20. The Ville 21. Jeff Vanderlou 22. St. Louis Place 23. Old North St. Louis 24. Hamilton Heights 25. West End 26. Visitation Park 27. Academy 28. Fountain Park 29. Lewis Place 30. Vandeventer 31. Covenant Blu-Grand Center 32. Carr Square 33. Columbus Square 34. Skinker DeBaliviere 35. DeBaliviere Place 36. Central West End 37. Midtown 38. Downtown West 39. Downtown 40. Hi Pointe 41. Cheltenham

42. Clayton Tamm 43. Kings Oak 44. Forest Park South East 45. Botannical Heights 46. Tiffany 47. The Gate District 48. Lafayette Square 49. LaSalle Park 50. McKinley Heights 51. Franz Park 52. The Hill 53. Shaw 54. Compton Heights 55. Tower Grove East 56. Fox Park 57. Soulard 58. Kosciusko 59. Ellendale 60. Clifton Heights 61. Southwest Garden 62. Tower Grove South 63. Tower Grove East 64. Benton Park West 65. Benton Park 66. Lindenwood Park 67. North Hampton 68. Gravois Park 69. Marine Ville 70. St. Louis Hills 71. South Hampton 72. Bevo Mill 73. Dutchtown 74. Mount Pleasant 75. Princeton Heights 76. Willmore Park 77. Boulevard Heights 78. Holly Hills 79. Carondelet 80. Patch 81. Wydown Skinker 81

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SURVEY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Walk around, see your surroundings, identify the different buildings and count them!

BUILDINGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD Type

Church

School

Groceries

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HOMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD Type

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DO HIGHWAYS SEGREGATE? After World War II major road construction in St. Louis was closely related to blighted neighborhoods.

Highways connect places but...

Match the road name with its year built (letter) and location (number). Then color them!

...they can also divide neighborhoods! And...

...they can even destroy neighborhoods!

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I. ___ ___ Ozark (I-55) II. ___ ___ I-44 III. ___ ___ Daniel Boone (40/64) IV. ___ ___Mark Twain

a. before 1945 b. 1956-1965 c. 1966-1975 d. 1966-1975

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Answer: I-c2, II-d1, III-b2, IV-a4

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YOU LIVE IN A NICE CITY! Cities come in different shapes and sizes depending on their location and amount of people living in them.

Try to guess which cities these are!

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1. Los Angeles, California 2. Manhattan, New York 3. Boston, Massachusetts 4. Chicago, Illinois 5. St. Louis, Missouri 6. Washington, D.C.

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e._________ Answer: 1-f, 2-e, 3-d, 4-c, 5-b, 6-a

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Cities are always growing. One method is incorporation where municipalities get annexed.

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Color the counties by letter according to the years they got annexed.

A. B. C. D.

Before 1915 1916 - 1940 1941 - 1960 After 1960

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WHAT IS REDLINING? It is the practice of denying services (banks, hospitals, supermarkets), to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic composition of those areas.

X Remember the concept of mortgage?

In 1933, President Hoover created the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) to manage them.

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They used people called appraisers to help them evaluate cities.

Appraisers evaluated neighborhoods in terms of race and ethnicity, dividing cities rating neighborhoods.

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They used the appraisers information and created secret color coded “Residential Security Maps” in local HOLC offices.

A. First Grade Desirable B. Second Grade

Still desirable C. Third Grade Declining D. Fourth Grade Decaying

Black neighborhoods were rated lowest, along with any areas characterized by poor maintenance or vandalism.

Color the map according to the 1930’s appraisal results. The black dots represent the Black population at the time.

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NEIGHBORHOODS ARE UNEQUAL All that we have learned so far were decisions made by people in the past, resulting in an unequal city.

Your life opportunities are determined by your zip code, that is not fair! For example, lets compare a neighborhood in the North with one in the South.

# Black Population % Population in Poverty % Education % Vacant Houses Household income Life expectancy

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College Hill

Lindenwood Park

20,784 35 % 11 % 25 % $13,000

2,089 11 % 40 % 9% $19,000

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what can I do?

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! You learned so much! Lets recap! Connect the concepts you now know with their scale! Do not worry, they can repeat in several ones!

-Universal accessibility -Mortgage discrimination -Redlining -Restrictive covenants -Inequality -Annexation -Segregation -Scale -Blockbusting -Americans with disabilities act -Shapes -Highways -Fair Housing Act 100

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WHO SHAPES THE CITY? This are some of the most important actors who generate our cities. You can prepare yourself to be one of them!

Architects

Sociologists

Politicians

Planners

Activists

Teachers

Engineers

Landscape Architects

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START YOUR ACTION PLAN! My neighborhood is:

What things do you like about your neighborhood?

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What things you do not like about your neighborhood?

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What do you dream for your neighborhood?

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DRAW YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBORHOOD!

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YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF ST. LOUIS! Create a group or lead an existing one!

Work together to build a new St. Louis!

CO-LEAD

COLLABORATE

Reach out institutions and groups of people.

INVOLVE

Talk with professors and do more research!

CONSULT

Talk to your friends and family about this issues!

INFORM

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THINK!

EXPERIENCE!

LEARN!

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GET INVOLVED! There are organizations already working for a better St. Louis! Here are some examples, look for more of them! You can visit them or create your own!

HUD creates strong, sustainable, inclusive

communities and quality affordable homes for all. hud.gov

Habitat for Humanity creates an

even stronger Saint Louis community by continuing to create affordable housing for hardworking people. habitatstl.org

Beyond Housing helps communities

become better places to live. They offer a sense of pride and ownership. beyondhousing.org

Forward through Ferguson wants to

guide the community in charting a new path toward healing and positive change for the residents of the St. Louis region. stlpositivechange.org

Grace Hill Settlement House provides

opportunities for individuals, families and communities to be stronger, healthier and more self-reliant. gracehillsettlement.org 106

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RISE helps turn neighborhood visions into realities of vibrant living areas that attract people and small businesses. risestl.org

EHOC seeks to ensure equal access to

housing for all people through education, counseling, investigation, and enforcement. ehocstl.org Planning for the future of the city through planning, design review, construction plan approval, and housing assistance. stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/ planning

International Institute works with

immigrants to provide initial housing, jobs and orientation and health support. iistl.org

Sweet Potato Project teaches young

men and women sustainable business and entrepreneurial skills that can change their lives. sweetpotatoprojectstl.org 107

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GLOSSARY ACTIVIST: A person who campaigns for social change.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.

ANNEXATION: Political transition of land from the control of one entity to another.

APPRAISER: One who sets a value upon property, real or personal.

ARCHITECT: Someone who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGN: An integrated device that communicates information about the WALK and DON’T WALK intervals at signalized intersections in non-visual formats to pedestrians who are blind or have low vision.

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BLOCKBUSTING: The practice of denying services to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic composition of those areas.

COMMUNITY: A feeling of fellowship with others, because of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

CURB RAMP: A solid ramp graded down from the top surface of a sidewalk to the surface of the street.

ENGINEER: A person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines EQUITY: The quality of being fair and impartial.

FAIR HOUSING ACT: A federal act in the United States intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination.

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GLOSSARY FAIRNESS: The quality of making judgments that are free from discrimination.

HOME OWNERS’ LOAN CORPORATION: Its purpose was to refinance home mortgages.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME: The combined incomes of all people sharing a place of residence.

INCORPORATION: An incorporated town in the United States is a municipality, that is, one with a charter received from the state, like a city.

JUSTICE: The quality of being fair and reasonable.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: The art and practice of designing the outdoor environment.

MORTGAGE: The charging of property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt, on the condition that it shall be returned on payment of the debt within a certain period.

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OWNER-OCCUPIED: A dwelling by the owner.

PERSPECTIVE: The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

PLANNER: A person concerned with the development and use of land.

POLITICIAN: A person who is professionally involved in politics, a holder of or a candidate for an elected office.

RACIAL ZONING: The utilization of zoning ordinances to exclude certain types of people from a given community.

RAISED CROSSWALK: Serves as a traffic calming measures by extending the sidewalk across the road and bringing motor vehicles to the pedestrian level.

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GLOSSARY REALTOR: A person who acts as an agent for the sale and purchase of buildings and land.

REDLINING: The practice of denying services to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic composition of those areas.

RENTER-OCCUPIED: A person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property from a landlord under a lease.

RESTRICTIVE COVENANT: Was a private agreement that prevented Blacks from owning property in White neighborhoods.

SEGREGATION: The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

SOCIOLOGIST: A person who studies the organization, institutions, and development of societies.

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SUBURBS: An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

SURVEY: A general view, examination, or description of someone or something.

UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY: Ideas meant to produce buildings, products and environments that are accessible to older people, people without disabilities, and people with disabilities.

VACANCY: An unoccupied lot or home.

WARNING SURFACE: A system of textured ground surface indicator found on footpaths, stairs, and train station platforms to assist pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired.

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Welcome to your city!

Together we will discover St. Louis, Missouri. We will find out why our city is the way it is right now. Prepare yourself to become an urban explorer, we will unveil the secrets of its history and culture. You will understand how cities develop and their parts. Prepare for this great adventure Prepare your mind to imagine how you can change your city!