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Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia This page intentionally left blank Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore Thomas J. Vicino TRANSFORMING RACE AND CLASS IN SUBURBIA Copyright © Thomas J. Vicino, 2008. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-60545-9 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-37296-6 ISBN 978-0-230-61272-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230612723 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vicino, Thomas J. Transforming race and class in suburbia : decline in metropolitan Baltimore / Thomas J. Vicino. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Suburbs—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 2. Suburban life—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 3.Social classes—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 4.Deindustrialization—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 5. Race discrimination—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 6.Segregation—Maryland—Baltimore Metropolitan Area. 7. Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.)—Social conditions. I. Title. HT352.U6V53 2008 305.5097526—dc22 2007052296 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For My Grandparents and Parents: Dominic and Mary, Tomm and Nancy, and Thomas and Susann, Pioneers of First-Tier Suburbs This page intentionally left blank The semi-suburbanized and suburbanized messes we create in this way become despised by their own inhabitants tomorrow. These thin dispersions lack any regrettable degree of innate vitality, staying power, or inherent usefulness as settlements. Few of them, and these only the most expensive as a rule, hold this attraction much longer than a generation; then they begin to decay in the pattern of city gray areas. Jane Jacobs (1961, 445) This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv One Suburban Evolution 1 U.S. Suburban Development 7 The Creation of the New Suburban Gothic 11 Overview 15 Two Suburban Frontier 19 Crabgrass Memories 20 The Rise of Suburban Baltimore 37 Dynamics of Neighborhood Change 43 Summary 53 Three Suburban Decline 55 The Post-Suburban Era: The Study of Suburban Decline 56 Patterns of Suburban Decline, 1970–2000 67 Summary 104 Four Suburban Mosaic 107 The New Suburban Landscape 108 Typology of First-Tier Suburban Neighborhoods 126 Suburban Transformations 139 Summary 143 Five Suburban Renaissance 147 Baltimore County Confronts Suburban Decline 149 Political Realities and Economic Imperatives 160 Lessons Learned 165
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