Mary Clark

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Chris told me how developers create luxurious lobbies and atria for their full-price apartments, but build separate entrances for the affordable housing—“poor doors,” they called them. In Fitzrovia, luxury flats developed from a former workhouse have their own entrance and courtyard; flats built as affordable housing enter through a public alley. One developer only allowed children from the full-price apartments to play on the playground.
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
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