Origins of the Suburban Crisis - April 17, 2019

Origins of the Suburban Crisis - April 17, 2019

Dr. Thomas J. Sugrue
Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History
Director of the Collaborative on Global Urbanism at New York University

The lecture will trace the history of real estate from the 1920s to the present through the story of Euclid, Ohio — famous for the 1926 Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of zoning — examining restrictive covenants, zoning, federal housing programs, and real estate finance.

Time: 5:30-7:00pm

Date: April 17, 2019

Place: Richardson Memorial, Room 201

Contact: Andy Horowitz, Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University, ahorowitz@tulane.edu

Dr. Thomas J. Sugrue, April 17, 2019