This is a redlining map. Redlining + covenants + zoning in 20s and 30s set patterns of racial segregation in place, then federally-funded demolition for highways, slum clearance, urban renewal followed. Many of these practices continue, esp zoning.
Paul Revere Williams, one of the most celebrated architects of Los Angeles, was forbidden to live in many of the neighborhoods where he designed homes because of racially restrictive covenants: http://lapl.me/Df3jDkW pic.twitter.com/oruLg2fkCr
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