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  • Tags: HOLC

RichmondHOLCmap.jpg
HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Vriginia

D3Norfolk.jpg
Section of the Norfolk redlining map focused on the region designated as D3 by the HOLC, otherwise known as Lambert's Point.

C1Lynchburg.jpg
Focused area of Lynchburg, designated as C1 by the HOLC

RichmondRedlining.jpg
HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Virginia ca. 1930s

LittleItalyChicago.jpg
Little Italy, west of Chicago’s central business district, was a dense ethnic neighborhood that HOLC officials concluded was risky for residential investment. The area saw little investment until the late 1950s, when state and federal initiatives…

Ely-Richard-T.jpg
Portrait of Richard Ely. Ely had formed strong ties between the academy and private sector, putting him in a strong position to advise when Congress created the HOLC and FHA. Ely had advised the National Association of Real Estate Boards (NAREB) in…

AtlantaHOLCmap.jpg
“Redlining” security map for Atlanta, GA

Brownsville.jpg
Brownsville, Brooklyn, depicted in this street scene, was a poor but densely settled neighborhood. It was a center of social activism--Margaret Sanger established the first birth control clinic in the United States there in 1916 and the community was…
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