Eliminating neighborhoods to eradicate poverty?
An older story but an interesting one nonetheless where an impoverished and struggling neighborhood has been slated for demolition. Rather than a public housing community, this neighborhood in Champaign, IL called Bristol Place is a neighborhood of private houses. A largely African-American community it had lately suffered from alleged high crime and low property values. The City of Champaign determined that the area should be redeveloped through full-scale demolition and construction of new dwellings.
Demolition considered for 3rd black neighborhood