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The Philadelphia Barrio : the Arts, Branding, and Neighborhood Transformation.
How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? Does gentrification always entail a betrayal of a neighborhood...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? Does gentrification always entail a betrayal of a neighborhood's roots? Tackling these questions and offering a fresh take on the dynamics of urban revitalization, The Philadelphia Barrio examines one neighborhood's fight to erase the stigma of devastation. Frederick F. Wherry shows how, in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Centro de Oro, entrepreneurs and c. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226894461 0226894460 9786613362926 6613362921 1283362929 9781283362924 9780226894317 0226894312 9780226894324 0226894320 |