# Classist Biases in Historic Preservation Battle?

**URL:** <https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/classist-biases-in-historic-preservation-battle/419>\
**Category:** General Austin\
**Created:** [April 3, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/classist-biases-in-historic-preservation-battle/419 "2016-04-03T21:48:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![rcauvin](https://forum.atxfriends.org/user_avatar/forum.atxfriends.org/rcauvin/32/4_2.png) [@rcauvin](https://forum.atxfriends.org/u/rcauvin)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/classist-biases-in-historic-preservation-battle/419/1 "2016-04-03T21:48:44Z")

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We normally focus our posts to this forum on Austin, but I came across this interesting account of tensions in a Chicago neighborhood:

“When ‘Historical Preservation’ Is Actually Classism: The Case Of Neighbors of Saint Boniface”  
[https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/when-historical-preservation-is-actually-classism-the-case-of-neighbors-of-saint-boniface-1af9067bcc43](https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/when-historical-preservation-is-actually-classism-the-case-of-neighbors-of-saint-boniface-1af9067bcc43)

Homeowner incumbency and biases present challenges that aren’t unique to Austin.