Forum on the Urban Environment // Against Urban Innocence
Patrick D. Nugent, Washington College; Charlotte Leib, Princeton Initiative Fellow
Wed, 10/7 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm · School of Architecture, South Gallery
Princeton Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities; Humanities Council
The Greenlining of Staten Island: Environmental Preservation and Racial Segregation, 1945–1995
The Greenlining of Staten Island shows that the political and environmental history of Staten Island is key to understanding how environmentalism has been used to reinforce racial discrimination, not just in New York City, but nationwide. In exploring the gap between the modern environmental movement’s ambitious goals and its tangible outcomes, Nugent excavates important lessons for contemporary city dwellers debating zoning reform and planning for climate change’s impending effects.
