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You Know You're from Tulsa If: Homes lost to the Inner Dispersal Loop

You Know You're from Tulsa If: Homes lost to the Inner Dispersal Loop Mike Lins has posted photos of a Craftsman-era home that stood at 1233 S. Norfolk Ave. His grandparents owned it, but it was bought under eminent domain...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2017 8:30 PM

New Jersey City Council Tries to Use Eminent Domain on Property Owners, Gets Swept Out of Office | The Institute for Justice

New Jersey City Council Tries to Use Eminent Domain on Property Owners, Gets Swept Out of Office | The Institute for Justice "Michael Monaghan has wanted to develop his property on Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey, just a few...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2015 10:56 PM

Tulsa's Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Plans

Tulsa's Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Plans Tulsa Development Authority: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Master Plan, May 1991 Tulsa Development Authority: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Urban Renewal Plan, as amended February 16, 2006, to expire on June 2, 2014....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2015 10:51 PM

Cherokee Phoenix: Camp Gruber forced 2nd removal for Cherokees

Cherokee Phoenix: Camp Gruber forced 2nd removal for Cherokees "As war broke out in 1939 in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for military preparedness, requiring the government to condemn land for military camps, including Camp Gruber in Muskogee County....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2014 12:36 PM

Eminent Domain as Central Planning by Nicole Gelinas, City Journal Winter 2010

Eminent Domain as Central Planning by Nicole Gelinas, City Journal Winter 2010 An over-broad definition of blight (it includes "underutilization") allows cities to condemn land and buildings that aren't blighted at all. (Oklahoma has the same problem, which undermines our...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 26, 2010 8:10 PM