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February 9, 2012
Student, don't let the sun set on you here!
The Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia, immediately adjacent to Temple University,prevailed upon the city to create a special Yorktown Overlay in which "student housing" would no longer be permitted in its single-family zones... This is the first time that I am aware of that a city has taken the bold step of barring a certain class of persons, by name, from a neighborhood (at least since the era of racial zoning). --Old Urbanist: Tuesday Zoning/Takings Litigation Update
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 9, 2012 8:26 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.