Stand with Soap Works & Towne Center tenants-rights group is raising the voices of the city’s most vulnerable residents being torn by gentrification. Greg Harman In San Antonio, there have been winners and losers during the “Decade of Downtown” first trumpeted by former mayor and one-time U.S. HUD Secretary Julián […]
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PHOTO ESSAY: San Pedro Creek Improvement Project, Phase 1.1
Greg Harman ¶ San Pedro Creek Improvement Project‘s first phase will open to the public in San Antonio, Texas, with a dedication ceremony on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Deceleration has been meeting with residents of the area in recent weeks (like these two). ¶ During a recent visit to the […]
Soap Works: Stopping Gentrification Downtown San Antonio
Greg Harman The winners and losers of the “Decade of Downtown” trumpeted by Julián Castro in 2010 continue to take shape across the center of the city, as residents navigate the speculative real estate landscape the gentrification push has ushered in. Those living at the Soap Works, Soap Works 2, […]