Blueprint for Resilience: Lessons from Oakland’s Black Neighborhoods
Before urban planning buzzwords became trendy, Black communities in Oakland were already building vibrant, connected, and transit-oriented neighborhoods out of necessity. These communities—West Oakland’s 7th Street corridor and East Oakland’s industrial hubs—flourished despite systemic barriers, embodying what we now call SMART—Sustainable, Mixed, Affordable, Resilient, Transit-Oriented—growth principles long before they were formally recognized. Though discriminatory policies […]
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