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Implicit Racial Zone Map

Summary

Classified areas as industry, dwelling, apartment house, or business zones. Dwelling signified single-family homes but was also used to imply white areas, while apartment house zones were predominantly African American areas.

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SOURCES:

Map Image: Atlanta zoning maps. Kronberg U+A. (2020, February 10). Retrieved April 15, 2022, from https://www.kronbergua.com/post/atlanta-zoning-maps

Department of City Planning Info on Map: Taylor, K. (2021, January 7). Exclusionary policies of the past and present: How single-family zoning structures inequality. Atlanta City Design. Retrieved April 15, 2022, from https://www.atlcitydesign.com/blog/2021/1/5/exclusionary-policies-of-the-past-and-present-how-single-family-zoning-structures-inequality