Deceleration‘s fourth broadcast for the Covid-19 era in San Antonio includes a solid talk with four women who are stopping the landlords from siphoning our city’s bailout dollars … soul-stirring music by George Garza, Jr., and housing resources for renters and homeowners alike. ¶ Future guests on this broadcast will […]
Tag: gentrification
VIDEO: Gentrification Looms over Downtown SATX
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 […]
PODCAST: Interfaces 1 (Government Hill)
Marisol Cortez A couple Sundays back, in late March, I finally get around to visiting Gil and Jo Ann Murillo where they have lived for decades in Government Hill—a neighborhood at the northeastern corner of what is now downtown, so named because it abuts Fort Sam Houston to the south. […]
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 […]
Flip That House: Turning Gentrification into Political Art
By Marisol Cortez and Brian Gordon Materials Disgust Brazenness Obsession Facebook Stepladder Rake Scissors Car, and probably a truck too PVC pipes and connectors PVC glue Duct tape 8 8’x4′ campaign signs FLIPPER SIGNS (50-75 is good) Box cutter blade Staple gun Staples (longest you can find) Hammer Marker Zip […]
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, […]