Episode 4
Halt the Highways! A Call from City Hall Station
Beneath City Hall, we find the hiding work of the highway. And little moments on public buses that, maybe, could transform the world as we know it. Where does power hide in the ways we move, or can't move, around?
Part 1 - Problem and Possibility on the Bus (2:56 - 32:11)
Part 2 - The Car Problem and Possibility (32:11 - 1:12:32)
Part 1 - Problem and Possibility on the Bus (2:56 - 32:11)
Part 2 - The Car Problem and Possibility (32:11 - 1:12:32)
Credits
Gigi Guida, host & producerAlana Burke, interviewee
Khary Frazier, interviewee
Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress
Maya Keren, musician
Education Recommendations
- “Cell Therapy” by Goodie Mob, 1995
- Eminent domain explained: “The Legal Basis for Planning,” Chapter 5 of Contemporary Urban Planning, 11th Edition by John Levy (2016)
- Eminent domain abuse in 2000s Philly: All for the Taking: 21st Century Urban Renewal (2005, 1hr)
- Black Bottom ArchivesDetroit, MI
- “With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs.” by Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit. (June 26, 2025)
- Philly's Black Bottom Philadelphia, PA
- Sign the petition for Philly’s Black Bottom reparations
- “Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon Line: Urban Renewal and the Crosstown Expressway Battle,” a chapter in Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America, by Marcus Anthony Hunter (2013)