Modern Liberty Park
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All but 3 acres of the original Liberty Park remain. The 18 acres sold to the state government were leveled for the building of I-90. Many of the surrounding housing developments available to black residents were also demolished.
This file appears in: Redlinging's Lingering Shadows: Housing discrimination shaped Spokane in ways that are still visible today
Redlinging's Lingering Shadows: Housing discrimination shaped Spokane in ways that are still visible today
The East Central is a primary example of the ways that raciallly restricted housing policies altered a neighborhood.