We’ll start with a close look at the Brooklyn Arts District — formerly known as Brooklyn Heights. That historically black neighborhood in Wilmington's Northside has seen just about every element of segregationist policy known to America… and now, it’s becoming integrated. Then, a conversation with two academics who know the ins and outs of zoning, housing, and segregation.
And finally, a look forward: to the proposed land development codes here in Wilmington, and what other cities and states are doing to make housing affordable and make neighborhoods more integrated.
![Surveys of ethnicity and building condition from 1969.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3c9ec92/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3016x2016+0+0/resize/880x588!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7c%2Fb7%2F68306f4a4d3e93618f942980596d%2Frace-and-structural-conditions-in-wilmington.png)
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Guests for this episode:
- Cynthia Brown, historian for St. Stephen AME Church in the Brooklyn Arts District
- Jan Davidson, historian at the Cape Fear Museum
- Professor Danielle Spurlock and Andrew Whitemore, UNC Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning
- Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation
- Glenn Harbeck, City Planner for Wilmington
Links for this episode:
- Access the proposed Wilmington Land Development Codes and write public comments
- Check out our previous reporting on two styles of Missing Middle Housing: Accessory Dwelling Units and Townhomes
- View the 1940 Wilmington Property Survey
- Read Richard Kahlenberg's article about how Minneapolis ended mandatory single-family zoning