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How Highways Finally Crushed Black Tulsa

How Highways Finally Crushed Black Tulsa

Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood survived the 1921 race massacre, only to be ultimately destroyed by a more unrelenting foe: interstate highways.

Race, City Observatory, Top StoryJoe CortrightJuly 9, 2021tulsa, race, history, highways, Joe Cortright, Reparations

My City Needs Money for Street Improvements. Here’s Why I Voted Not to Give It to Them.

My City Needs Money for Street Improvements. Here’s Why I Voted Not to Give It to Them.

Communities are stuck in a spiral of infrastructure spending. Who will stand up and say enough is enough?

Growth Ponzi Scheme, Roads and Streets, Top StoryBrent IsaacsNovember 26, 2019Infrastructure, Growth Ponzi Scheme, municipal finance, oklahoma, tulsa, roads, streets