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This term, the Supreme Court is revisiting a case from 1954 that said a city could destroy a neighborhood if, in doing so, it made life better in the city at-large. Homeowners in New London, CT have sued to stop their homes from being torn down to make way for development around a new office building. This story goes back to the neighborhood that was at the center of the 1954 case to look -- with people who used to live there -- at whether the Court made the right decision. The piece is arranged as a "tour," where the producer walks to various spots that were important to the Supreme Court case to talk about what was there and what is there now. As a bridge between the stops on the tour, the audience hears clips from 50s-era films that convey the mind-set of the people who saw the benefit in destroying this neighborhood. This piece was recorded the day the Supreme Court was hearing arguments in the New London case and it air that weekend on "Weekend America."
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HOST INTRO: Nineteen Fifty Four was an important year for race relations in the United States. That was the year of Brown versus the Board of Education where the Supreme Court desegregated schools in the South. But that wasn't the court's only decision that year that changing the lives of black and white Americans. This term, the Court is re-visiting their 1954 decision to up-root 23-thousand blacks and whites who were living literally in the shadow of the US Capitol.
In the current case, homeowners in New London, Connecticut say they can't be thrown out of their homes by their city government so that the city can build offices, hotels and a parking lot. The city says if it tears down the houses, the community will benefit because the new development will bring in jobs and tax revenue. In the 1954 case, it was ALSO said that there would be benefits if a neighborhood was torn do...
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IN: we're standing
OQ: Thank you
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Posted on March 15, 2005 at 11:37 AM | Permalink
Review of Destroy It To Save It
Destroy It To Save It is full of sounds and memories. The Supreme Court of the 1950s made an activist decision which perhaps only King Solomon could render - to demolish a community to improve it. The people in this piece, while voicing that progress is good, also showed regret in remembering a time that has faded into memory. The news clips and music from the 50s lended flavor to the piece, and the interviewees' reminisces were enjoyable to listen to.