Most new grocery stores were built in areas with plentiful access in recent years, and those added to high-need areas were not enough to mitigate the effects of longstanding disinvestment and segregation, according to a new study.

Author Archives: Daniel Block
Daniel Block is a professor of geography at Chicago State University, as well as an adjunct professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University and Urban Planning at UIC. He is the co-author of Chicago: A Food Biography, a history of Chicago told through its food system. Email him at dblock@csu.edu.