Exhibit unveils ‘hidden histories’ of racial inequalities in architecture
Courtesy of Lia Margolis
Syracuse’s National Organization of Minority Architecture Students held the exhibit Hidden Realities for their Black History Month lecture series, Hidden Histories.
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Instead of a common advertisement, a poster titled “Federal-Aid Highway Act” is secured with painter’s tape to a light post on Burt Street, providing a flash of color under the gray cover of Interstate 81.
The poster, designed by fifth-year School of Architecture student Parinda Sangkaeo, mirrors the design of 1950s automobile ads. It references the white flight and displacement of African American communities that occurred during the building of the national highway system, she said.