In the mid-70s Roger Starr was New York City’s Administrator of Housing and Development. Starr introduced a proposal that New York City follow a strategy called “planned shrinkage.” The concept of planned shrinkage was to relocate a group of people from poor, crime infested, deteriorated areas like the South Bronx and Brownsville to more concentrated areas like Far Rockaway. In the process the old buildings will be destroyed and new housing will be built. This was Roger Starr’s idea for saving money in New York City which at the time were suffering from declining population, lost jobs and high taxes.
During the time when Starr proposed planned shrinkage the South Bronx was seeing large amounts of arson, crime and housing abandonment and Brownsville was seeing urban renewal, crime and abandonment as well. Starr saw this as a quick fix solution to all these issues. Move all people together and neglect them in one place. Kind of like a crabs in a bucket concept. Then take the properties that are now empty and build expensive housing and businesses.
The people didn’t take this news in stride including city council members and mayor at the time Mayor Abraham D. Beame. Protesters invaded press conferences where Roger Starr was set to deliver a statement to the public. Councilman Frederick Samuel and others demanded the resignation of Starr saying that his planned shrinkage idea was genocidal, racist, inhuman, arrogant and irresponsible.
1. sourses from the archive were in use.
ReplyDelete2. the draft discusses the social and economic context of the time.
3. this draft explores the idea of planned shinkage.
4. The last paragraph discusses the reaction which i never knew happened.
5. little bit in only 2-3 sentences. You shud write a paragraph on his philosophy.
6. Doesnt have evidence of Starr's personal philosophy.
7. The paper doesn't connect Starr's philosophy with his ideas.
8. No not really.
9. The transitions between paragraphs are good.
10. Each paragraph deals with 1 idea, thats good.
1. Does the paper use sources from the archives and is the use of sources evident?
ReplyDeleteHe used some information from archives source
2) 2. Does the paper discuss the social and economic context of the time?
Yes he mentioned the poverty and crimes during 1970s.
3) 3. Does the paper explore the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
He explored the idea of “planned shrinkage” in the first paragraph
4) 4. Does the paper discuss the reactions to the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
Yes by writing people were suffering from declining population, lost jobs and high taxes
5) 5. Does the paper discuss Starr’s personal philosophy?
Not too much
6) 6. Does the paper use the oral history report as evidence about Starr’s personal philosophy?
No
7) 7. Does the paper connect Starr’s personal philosophy with the idea of “planned shrinkage?”
No
8) 8. Does the paper offer the writer’s conclusion on how appropriate the idea of “planned shrinkage” was at the time?
9) 9. Are there effective transitions between paragraphs?
yes
1 10. Does each paragraph deal only with one idea?
Yes he wrote 3 three paragraphs and each paragraph have only one idea.