Patty Heyda MArch ’00 recently published Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA with publisher Belt/Arcadia Publishing. The book contains over 100 maps that chart the systemic forces and municipal planning policies that led to poverty, racial segregation, and police targeting in Ferguson, Missouri. Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA rethinks what maps can be and who our cities are built for.
Heyda examines the distribution of libraries, fast-food chains, airport runways, and Fortune 500 companies in North St. Louis County to illustrate how city planning and design affect residents’ quality of life. “What we can see in Ferguson and North County is happening in every American city. The patterns are, in fact, really pronounced here,” said Patty Heyda in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio .
Photo courtesy of Patty Heyda.
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