The ills of gentrification are well known, despite its continued denial by some. In Salt Lake City, because of the struggles of the Rose Park Brown Berets, the city has even recognized the severity of the urban crisis it produced, even going so far as to recognize its helplessness to act effectivley against its onslaught.Continue reading “From Anti-Gentrification to Revolutionary Urbanism”
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Planning for Displacement: Gentrification and the North Temple Boulevard Master Plan
On August 10th, 2010, the Salt Lake City Council voted to adopt the North Temple Boulevard Master Plan. A decade later, that plan would be used to displace at least three families from their homes. In 2019 the Kozo displaced two families, three years later the Chicago Street Townhomes displaced another. All three families wereContinue reading “Planning for Displacement: Gentrification and the North Temple Boulevard Master Plan”
Don’t Expect Gentrifiers to Understand | A Response to Building Salt Lake
This article is a response to an article written by Taylor Anderson for Building Salt Lake on the Kozo apartment complex on Feb. 17, 2022: https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/west-side-project-that-stalled-amid-protests-is-back-with-revisions/ Two weeks ago, Taylor Anderson wrote an article for Building Salt Lake looking at the updated plans for the Kozo House Apartments development in the Rose Park neighborhood. ApartContinue reading “Don’t Expect Gentrifiers to Understand | A Response to Building Salt Lake”