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'''Aerial shot of Western Addition A-1 in 1961''' | '''Aerial shot of Western Addition A-1 in 1961''' ''photo: Ed Brady'' | ||
Redevelopment was started early in WWII when future planning commissioners Morgan Gunst and Julia Porter formed the SF Planning and Housing Association (SFPHA). SFPHA published a number of influential studies, including the 1945 | Redevelopment was started early in WWII when future planning commissioners Morgan Gunst and Julia Porter formed the SF Planning and Housing Association (SFPHA). SFPHA published a number of influential studies, including the 1945 ''Blight and Taxes'', which first identified the Western Addition as a prime candidate for urban renewal, citing its poor health statistics, high delinquency rates and packing it with racially loaded metaphors: "[The Western Addition] is not white. It is gray, brown, and an indeterminate shade of dirty black ... it is an unfortunate blot," unlike the Marina District, which the same report described as "clean and bright". | ||
Its desirable location, just to the west of the Civic Center and the city's commercial core, south of the oldest, richest neighborhood, and home to several major hospitals and churches made it | Its desirable location, just to the west of the Civic Center and the city's commercial core, south of the oldest, richest neighborhood, and home to several major hospitals and churches made it "potentially worth far more, for it is in the heart of a growing city, and anyone can see its latent value." (B&T). These latent values could only be acquired through [[Aframer1$wablues$patronage itm.html|co-opting opposition]], opening the door to [[Aframer1$wablues$speculators itm.html|speculators]]. | ||
''--Chris Carlsson'' | ''--Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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File:Aframer1$western-addition-aerial.jpg
Aerial shot of Western Addition A-1 in 1961 photo: Ed Brady
Redevelopment was started early in WWII when future planning commissioners Morgan Gunst and Julia Porter formed the SF Planning and Housing Association (SFPHA). SFPHA published a number of influential studies, including the 1945 Blight and Taxes, which first identified the Western Addition as a prime candidate for urban renewal, citing its poor health statistics, high delinquency rates and packing it with racially loaded metaphors: "[The Western Addition] is not white. It is gray, brown, and an indeterminate shade of dirty black ... it is an unfortunate blot," unlike the Marina District, which the same report described as "clean and bright".
Its desirable location, just to the west of the Civic Center and the city's commercial core, south of the oldest, richest neighborhood, and home to several major hospitals and churches made it "potentially worth far more, for it is in the heart of a growing city, and anyone can see its latent value." (B&T). These latent values could only be acquired through co-opting opposition, opening the door to speculators.
--Chris Carlsson
category neighborhood category Western Addition category gentrification