Named for the six square miles of the former “negro’ district, a result of the city’s Master Plan of 1928 which did some damaging things:

 

• It institutionalized housing segregation to East Austin only, pushing Black people out of the west side of town and taking over historically Black communities like Wheatsville

• It forever established the dividing line of Interstate 35 between the central city white-dominated area of town from the majority Black district of East Austin

• It established bare minimum standards on transportation, utilities, parks, and schools

• It eliminated trash collection, electricity, paved streets, and water services.

• It reduced regular trash collection for residents