Section outline

  • How and why do places change? Socially? Physically? Economically?

    Read:

    Kashino, M. M. (2018, April 4). The reinvention of 14th Street: A history. Washingtonian.

    Zukin, S. (2008). Consuming authenticity: From outposts of difference to means of exclusion. Cultural Studies, 22(5), 724–748.

    Field journal UL-1: Identify and photograph a building that appears to have been recently built or developed. Explain how you know. What types of authenticity did the developers or owners seek to reflect in the building? To whom would this building be attractive and why? As you read the Kashino piece, do you see capital investment driving social and cultural change on 14th Street, or is it the other way around?