GGR217H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Opencanvas, Gentrification, Richard Florida
11 May 2018
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Professor Katharine Rankin Nov. 21, 2016
GGR217 LECTURE 9
PLANNING, RACISM, AND GENTRIFICATION
FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE the assessment of spatial evidence for its presentation in a
legal and political setting
• A way of turning a building’s military wounds into evidence, to be used against the state,
for the investigation of war crimes
• Used innovative architectural and visual technologies
• Developed in Pakistan
CREATIVE CITY PLANNING FRAMEWORK
• Richard Florida
PLANNING & COLONIALIZATION
• Creating urban space on behalf of others
• Not all planning is bad, but must be considered
• Gentrification the production of urban space for progressively more affluent users (not
necessarily congruent with colonialization)
• Many argue that Vancouver is an example of both
Ex. Gentrification in Toronto Regent Park
• Gentrification becomes associated with racism, because it is so contingent on class
displacement
“…These yuppie ass, money having, culture seeking, white people are buying us poor people out
of our neighborhood in part because they want a taste of our culture rich environment and the
more of them who come in, the more of us are forced to leave because we can longer afford to
live here.”
- Cahill, 2007
COMMERCIAL GENTRIFICATION
• Commercial streets as Racialized Class Projects: Intersecting Agendas for Toronto’s
Inner Suburbs
• Research sites (Hulchanski) Mt. Dennis, Bloordale
- In the city, increasing polarization, shrinking middle-class space, high rise
building, etc. can be seen (before and after “3 Cities” maps)
MT. DENNIS
- 2006 average income was $23, 828 with 36% of households falling below the low-
income cutoff
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Document Summary
Gentrification in toronto regent park: gentrification becomes associated with racism, because it is so contingent on class displacement. Commercial gentrification: commercial streets as racialized class projects: intersecting agendas for toronto"s. Inner suburbs: research sites (hulchanski) mt. In the city, increasing polarization, shrinking middle-class space, high rise building, etc. can be seen (before and after 3 cities maps) 2006 average income was , 828 with 36% of households falling below the low- income cutoff. 58% of the population is foreign born well known immigrant landing" area east. High rise buildings and illegal storefront conversions, people living off the grid", without proof of residency or credit history the incidence of violent crime is high relative to the city average, as is sensationalized media reporting. Vision 1 big box retail and residential development, vision 2 green development and arts-oriented urban revitalization" the progressive" resistance spearheaded by white, middle class residents, centered on building a new-urbanist vision of local green", creative" economy.
