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McKinley Village

The Bee reports that Phil Angelides wants to build 400 houses next to Business 80–in that little eye-shaped parcel of land where goats once roamed–and call it “McKinley Village.” I’m all in favor of infill, and while I wouldn’t be hot on living next to a freeway, this seems like a logical place to put [...]

Kids in the ‘Hood.

There is quite a discussion going on over at LivingInUrbanSac, in a post about Dave O’Toole’s comments in the Sacramento News and Reveiw.
O’Toole echos a sentiment I’ve expressed here a number of times — the people building all of this new high-density housing in Downtown and Midtown Sacramento are targeting affluent single adults, childless couples, [...]

Gentrification. It’s all about the lattes.

If you don’t read The Onion, I suggest you read this article: Sometimes I Feel Like I’m The Only One Trying To Gentrify This Neighborhood.
There is a difference between neighborhood revitalization and gentrification, and I suppose it is possible to have one without the other, but the two, while different, nevertheless succumb to their mutual [...]