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New Deal Ruins w/ Edward Goetz

The Dig

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Urban Renewal

In 1949 the urban renewal act was passed by congress. The idea behind it is that there was a significant obstacle to reinvestment in the cities. Public housing or rather the urban renewal program would subsidize that clearance and provide the private sector with a kind of clean slate on the landscape.

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