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The “City Survey Program”—instituted by the US federal government in partnership with the real-estate industry during the mid-1930s to map and grade thousands of neighborhoods in over 200 cities across the country.
Making historic data about segregation, redlining, and real estate more useful and accessible: Using HOLC maps

The Levanthal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library sat down with Ph.D. Geography student, Scott Markley, earlier this year to discuss their ongoing dissertation work on creating a user-friendly geospatial dataset from Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC) maps, more commonly known as "redlining" maps. HOLC was a federal agency established in 1933 to provide mortgage assistance to homeowners or would-be…

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urban planning, mapping, GIS, inequality, redlining
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