Since mass migration away from cities began in the mid 1940s, the mark of social privilege in America has been car and home ownership in a suburban community. It’s not that walkable urban communities ceased to exist, it’s that desegregation made them undesirable—too Black, Brown, immigrant, and low income—for white Americans who could afford to live elsewhere.
Read MoreYou’ve probably noticed these designs popping up in your city or neighborhood, making once-welcoming parks, benches, and sidewalks less inviting or downright hostile. Here are five things you should know about hostile architecture.
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