Mike Davis’ essay “Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Space” talks about an “Urban renaissance” in Los Angeles. What does he mean by this? What effect has this had on the city’s poor and working class? How does Davis’ essay connect with Barry Lopez’s “Caring for the Woods?” Scheleen. Grant English 112 Prof. Hatchet In Mike Davis “Fortress Los Angeles the Militarization of the Urban Space‚” he talks about an “Urban renaissance”‚ in Los Angeles. The “Urban renaissance‚” is the
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The End of Public Space in Los Angeles? I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man‚ and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I do too; have affection for big cities‚ although maybe in a different context than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I enjoy the multiplicity of cities and their way of blending it all together. Until now‚ I have only been to Berlin‚ London and‚ the only American city‚ New York City. Each time I visited
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Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles Yvonne Perry Everest Online Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles For this assignment I spoke with my daughter’s friend who is a gang member in LA to get a little insight into how one becomes drawn to life in a gang. I felt that I could not plan anything for urban Los Angeles without knowing how a young man or women gets involved in gangs. The following is the interview that was conducted on 5/16/2013 between Juan Martinez known on the streets as Lil Hatchet
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Name Course Instructor Date Militarization of Space Over time‚ it has become evident that space is an important arena for the military activities and ambitions of the world powers. The idea of war in space has moved from the area of science fiction based assumptions to become part of arms control and arms race discussions. Its estimated that about 75% of the total number of satellites in the earth’s orbit are mainly being used to carry out military activities like early warning‚ navigation
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backgrounds lead increasingly separate‚ parallel lives. Los Angeles is a manifestation of Park and Merkel’s commentaries‚ where people from all walks of life share micro-spaces. Even though they may cross paths and share certain spaces on a consistent basis‚ it does not mean they live identical lives. Furthermore‚ difference matters in the places and spaces of the contemporary Los Angeles region and the nature of interaction that occur in such micro-spaces.
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grainy concrete floors like seeds in the springtime‚ Los Angeles and its rich history has been attracting many people all over world. Merging from the San fernando valley through Downtown and back to long beach‚ marked with graffiti marks of local gangs and smelling of old factories‚ LA wouldn’t be LA without the LA river. ‚ For most tourists‚ visiting the LA river isn’t at the top of their agenda‚ but to many locals like myself‚ the Los Angeles river is not only the set of classic films like Grease
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ARLT 100g Professor Freeman 4-1-07 Los Angeles in a Day I just left the ZBT fraternity house on a traditional‚ sunny‚ early fall Saturday morning in Los Angeles and cruised down the 5 freeway on towards Disneyland. Driving along with a few pledge bros in the Toyota 4Runner‚ we began our pledge class scavenger hunt for the day with Disneyland being the first destination. On our way‚ we did not encounter the typical‚ drive you insane‚ never ending‚ Los Angeles traffic constantly on the 5 freeway
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Crime-Based Economic and City Development Los Angeles is one of the biggest and most populated metropolises around the world. It was founded by governor Filipe de Neve‚ a Spanish governor of Las California‚ in September 4‚ 1781. Los Angeles started as a small city with population of 11‚500 people and continued steadily growing. At the beginning 20th century‚ the discovery of oil brought a lot of attention‚ and it shaped the economy‚ politics and social growth of the city. As population grows
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Sanyika). For the past four decades gangs have populated the streets of Los Angeles; growing from 18 to 60 from 1972 to 1978‚ and from 155 to 270 gangs from 1982 to 1996. The bloods and crips in Los Angeles are predominately African Americans; with the exceptions of about four gangs which reside in Long Beach‚ Carson‚ Compton‚ and Inglewood and they consist of Samoan and members from Tongan descent. Gangs aren’t just an urban city problem but gangs have reached out to suburban and rural areas‚
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The government subsidized Jordan Downs Housing Projects in the Watts district of Los Angeles consist of 700 units that are home to some of the poorest residents in the entire state of California. Recently a measure was unanimously passed by the LA City Council that calls for the demolition and redevelopment of the projects‚ leaving a gravely uncertain future for the nearly 2400 low income residents that currently occupy Jordan Downs. The poor condition and high crime rate have caused nearly unanimous
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