Even winter cannot tarnish the romance of an imaginary neighbourhood.
A striking feature of virtually all NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) affordable housing confrontation is the mantle of fake history draped across the defence battlements. That so-called history begins with a rosy sunrise just before rush hour. With the perfection of a neighbourhood frozen in that moment, a fraudulent nostalgia propels this unchanging image backwards into the mists of time.
A recent report takes an entirely different view when discussing redevelopment of Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8. Read more in NEXT CitY: Why History Matters in Equitable Development Planning
