“Hella Town” Traces the History of Oakland Through Its Built Environment
Historian Mitchell Schwarzer dives into the decisions, booms and busts that made Oakland one of the most diverse yet unequal cities in the country.
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Show Notes
Oakland is one of the most diverse cities in the country. It’s also one of the most unequal. Architectural and Urban Historian Mitchell Schwarzer dives into the politics and decisions that helped make it that way in his new book, Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption. Schwarzer traces how decades-old decisions about where to put a park or a parking lot, a building or a bungalow, a highway or a BART rail shaped the economics and inequities of Oakland. Forum talks to Schwarzer about the history of the city’s booms and busts and the complexities of today’s Oakland.
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