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Episodes tagged "gentrification": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Naval Air Station Sanford and Its Impact on The United States and The City of Sanford, FL
    date 1950 to 1968map Seminole, Floridatags Cold War, United States Navy, gentrification

    Orlando Sanford airport stands east of state road 17-92 about twenty miles north of Orlando. Today the Orlando Sanford is a small commercial airport, dwarfed by Orlando International Airport only thirty miles away. While Orlando International may be bigger, it was a product of the Disney Empire, which moved in during the 1970s. Orlando Sanford Airport, however, was originally an important naval air...

  2. The Thirteen Sisters of Julia Street
    date 1833map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Town Home, gentrification, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Architecture, Arts/Leisure

    The thirteen sisters of Julia Street started a new trend. These "sisters" were a row of thirteen side-hall style town houses that spanned the 600 block of Julia Street in New Orleans. Upon their construction by the New Orleans Building Company in 1833, they were among first rows constructed in the side-hall, or London-plan, manner most commonly seen in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The exteriors combined...