The shape of

→ Houston’s

inequity

What "The Houston Arrow’ reveals about the connections between government, development and the concentration of opportunity

A FOUR-PART SERIES BY LEAH BINKOVITZ
MAPS AND DESIGN BY EVAN O'NEIL

Mapping almost anything in Houston, you end up with the same map, with a shape so persistent, so apparent, it's been given a name: The Arrow. How did the city take this shape? How has it held it? And how can we make Houston whole? This four-part series sets out to answer these questions.