Author Archives: Ana Asano

I found this week’s readings, Sanjek’s chapters 12 and 13 and Gregory’s chapter 7, quite dizzying from all the different civic activists and civic neighborhood or ethnic associations. However, I learned that all these civic associations do more than just … Continue reading →

After reading about the patterns of “white flight”, the bettering of public services in Five Points because of the mere presence of whites and racism being boiled down to a science as displayed by Foner’s example about the claims about … Continue reading →

After reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, Five Points by Tyler Adbinder, and The City in History by Lewis Mumford, I’ve come to understand that the creation, growth, and potential destruction of a city is attributed to … Continue reading →