Map of Home Owners' Loan Corporation [Staten Island, New York] {1940}

Description:

This map shows the areas studied by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation for Staten Island, New York. During the 1930s and early 1940s, HOLC staff members, using data and evaluations organized by local real estate professionals—lenders, developers, and real estate appraisers—in each city, assigned grades to residential neighborhoods that reflected their "mortgage security" that would then be visualized on color-coded maps. Neighborhoods receiving the highest grade of "A"—colored green on the maps—were deemed minimal risks for banks and other mortgage lenders when they were determining who should received loans and which areas in the city were safe investments. Those receiving the lowest grade of "D," colored red, were considered "hazardous."

Creator:

Home Owners' Loan Corporation

Provider:

American Panorama

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Discrimination in mortgage loans and Redlining

Theme:

Property, Society, and Economy

Temporal Coverage:

1940

Place:

Staten Island, New York, New York

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG, GeoTIFF

Language:

English