tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post6070673408064735555..comments2024-03-15T06:34:45.221-07:00Comments on Chemung County Historical Society: The Persistent Problem of Housing DiscriminationChemung County Historical Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900123449058876859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-49380207049081117912018-01-29T06:41:30.573-08:002018-01-29T06:41:30.573-08:00Hi Barbara,
You should reach out to our archivist...Hi Barbara,<br /><br />You should reach out to our archivist Rachel (the author of this piece) at 607-734-4167 ext. 207 or archivist@chemungvalleymuseum.org. She can see if we have any materials about that in our collection.Chemung County Historical Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900123449058876859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-73411122277548741142018-01-28T16:28:14.606-08:002018-01-28T16:28:14.606-08:00Hello, maybe you can help me. In 1968 there was a ...Hello, maybe you can help me. In 1968 there was a fire on September 22. Bond paper and Fickenger Fire. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955694414897718086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-15222653130569230382018-01-22T17:33:58.876-08:002018-01-22T17:33:58.876-08:00Great article and thank you, Patrick, for the adde...Great article and thank you, Patrick, for the added commentary.Dayna Schreckengosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06803377761646287033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-32080824960419407632016-05-09T02:43:17.314-07:002016-05-09T02:43:17.314-07:00John W. Jones Court emerged in the planning stages...John W. Jones Court emerged in the planning stages as one of the Elmira Housing Authority's first two projects in 1942--a product of WWII defense housing needs and requirements of the Housing Act of 1937. Even in the North, all public housing had been segregated by race and community since its inception during the Great Depression. The architectural fabric of "Slabtown" declined greatly during these lean years--and was declared by the City to be a slum.<br /><br />A prohibition during the War on the use of civilian material and manpower for slum clearance put off reconsideration of the Jones Court project until 1947. When taken back up by the authority, it became more of a battle between economic values of property, and solving the "negro housing" problem and requirements under the Housing Act of 1947. <br /><br />At the tail of it all, the City began demolition of the central core of Slabtown--and erasure of the cultural core of the Elmira African-American community. This is an oft repeated story in urban areas of America during the 1950s--all accomplished under the rubric of "urban renewal."<br /><br />Public policy can be a dangerous game of social chess. In this instance and elsewhere, projects such as Jones Court significantly impacted and diminished the logic of Booker T. Washington's social integration philosophy, and by removing black enterprise and community set in motion a long and notorious impediment for social progress in those "renewed" communities.PapaTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09203441512473303381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-46241034704308176052014-07-17T05:11:46.514-07:002014-07-17T05:11:46.514-07:00its almost heart breaking to hear that even in tod...its almost heart breaking to hear that even in today's culture and societies we still have a lot of discrimination not only here in Chemung County but all over America.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028628863899225325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736192142832388846.post-23125182594120240862014-06-24T16:44:12.660-07:002014-06-24T16:44:12.660-07:00A compelling case, I would say. Thank you.A compelling case, I would say. Thank you.Byron Derrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617065496899430950noreply@blogger.com