App Profile: Before the Bulldozers

This immersive audio and augmented reality walk brings to life photographer Joseph Owen Curtis' struggle to keep his community intact as Southwest, Washington, D.C. was leveled and rebuilt through a federal program called Urban Renewal in the 1950's. Like a podcast you walk with, the story leads you on a one-hour journey to discover Curtis' stunning photos of "Old Southwest", mid-century utopian architecture, and how race plays into the ways we shape our cities.