Arsenal of Exclusion

Who gets to be where? We interrogate the policies, practices, and artifacts that are used to exclude and include. Based on the book by Interboro Partners.

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PARK https://t.co/dDOPQL5rRl

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Fascinating article on the war against Chinese restaurants in the early 20th century (from the Cato Institute of all places), which included boycotts and a “Yellow Peril Bill," which would have prohibited women under 21 from entering Chinese restaurants. https://t.co/OjHZRBF2Yo

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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A stealth effort to have California designate one of San Mateo’s wealthiest neighborhoods as a historic district could create a playbook for other Bay Area enclaves looking to avoid complying with new state laws.
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TRESPASSING https://t.co/UP3nV4QXaS

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A mini arsenal of exclusion, courtesy of the Manufactured Housing Institute. Manufactured homes are needless to say a critical source of affordable housing. Unfortunately, the stigmas surrounding them inspire exclusionary tactics like these: https://t.co/blB61rRKJf

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INCORPORATION https://t.co/TZOzCNl7Ia

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CLASSICAL MUSIC https://t.co/fIuot5Utpc

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Anyway, kudos to OnX for using data to illuminate what is public land, much in the same way that the LA Urban Rangers did when they made their brilliant Malibu Public Beaches maps. https://t.co/jTORfglXnj

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Our book profiled many battlegrounds (the beach, the downtown, the exclusive suburb). But we didn't focus on state and federal land, so we missed weapons like CORNER-CROSSING, a clever means of accessing landlocked public space that is described here. https://t.co/iR5LtdnzLR

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The article suggests that tactics like corner-crossing might be unnecessary, since "If the only way to reach public land is through private land, people can just take THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE." Such an interpretation would have big implications for beach and lake access as well.

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very interesting thread on the CHARTER TOWNSHIP LAW

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It's usually great to see Arsenal contributor Nathan Connolly in the NYTimes. This time, not so much. Here's hoping he and Dr. Mott win this lawsuit! https://t.co/Fb2BYjlqXd

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One trick I learned from Tokyo that helps for understanding any city: when you come across a charming small biz in a sea of generic chains, ask them about their relationship with their landlord. For example, this is the fantastic Alabaster Bookshop, near Union Square in NYC...

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just learned that until 2005, Boston had an INDIAN BAN https://t.co/t2azmj4biO

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION https://t.co/qBZPjl3OuH

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This article offers some good background on the weaponization of CEQA, which we wrote about in our book along with essays about WETLANDS, METHANE, and a few other nominally environmental concerns that were unwittingly enlisted in the access wars.
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“America’s Least Wanted,” a collage of everything we could ever find that was banned through Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs), from our book The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion.