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English 101-48
Cultural Snapshot Project

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Barrio Logan is a neighborhood in southeast San Diego that is almost completely made op of Mexican-Americans. Logan has a rich culture that is most famously recognized through Chicano Park and the dedicated residents who spend years making sure that the culture is never forgotten. Recently, the barrio has been experiencing gentrification. New in-movers have completely flipped around the area with new apartments, markets, and restaurants. While they may have good intentions, there are still negative effects taking place. For example, many have been displaced from their homes due to construction and renovations that led to a price hike in rent, as well as family-owned businesses losing profit to new competitors. This photo gallery will individually examine the phenomenon known as gentrification in different settings throughout Barrio Logan

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1. Barrio Logan Coalition
2. Varrio Si!
3. Resistance
4. Residential Housing
5. Displacement
6. New Facilities
7. Chains
8. Businesses
9. Visual Silencing
10. Stand Your Ground

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Despite the efforts of gentrifiers to change the neighborhood to what meets their standards, families still gather at Barrio Logan's heart in Chicano Park to solidify their place in the neighborhood they have always known. The family pictured was having their weekly meet-up to stay connected with each other and with their community.

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All around the neighborhood a person can find art on the sides of liquor stores, along sidewalks, and on the walls of local schools. Art much like the one on this wall has slowly been disappearing with the arrival of new residents.

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Residents of Barrio Logan tend to live in average one story homes all nestled together on a block of homes with whom they know their neighbors well. The owners of this home are people I have known for years and they say they live comfortable knowing they are surrounded by people like them who only want to live in a peaceful sense of community. Mrs. Vasquez, one of the homeowners, says it is very disheartening to know that across the street where good friends and neighbors used to live, now stands an enormous luxury apartment building.

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A newly constructed plaza on one of Barrio Logan's busiest streets now features fast food chains that rival the prices of individually-owned restaurants and businesses, which residents easily agree to when taking into account the increase in price of living in the surrounding areas. This has a direct negative impact on business like the following.

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Business in Barrio Logan now have to compete with the new influx of trendy coffee shops, fast food plazas, and chain markets. Previously, many neighborhood residents came to this small butcher's shop but they are now rivaled with a larger supermarket that is among several new buildings (aforementioned fast food plaza) that attracts customers with its promise of cheap prices.

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This new car garage in Barrio Logan was built right along the edge of Chicano Park, where construction blocked off a section of the frequently visited park in order to accommodate new in-movers who now live in the new apartment homes.

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New apartment homes built approximately three years ago now stand in place of what were affordable apartments in the area. The renovation and rent increase of this building has since displaced previous tenants who could no longer afford to live there, which is consistent with the effects of gentrification.

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This mural in the famous Chicano Park depicts the struggles Mexican Americans faced during the aftermath of World War 2. Junkyards and metal shops were rezoned to Barrio Logan which residents felt "were incompatible with a residential community," (CPST 2017) accurately depicted by the words on the mural which directly translate to "Community yes, Junkyards no!"

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For years residents have voiced their resistance against changes threatening the cultural significance of the heart of Barrio Logan: Chicano Park. This mural from 1996 shows how long residents have been fighting and will continue to fight for the acknowledgement of their presence in the community.

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Gentrification has been affecting Barrio Logan for years to the point where residents created an alliance among themselves to fight gentrifiers who threatened the cultural significance of the now historical landmark that is Chicano Park.