Zachary Blair

Anthropologist, Researcher, and Writer

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    Gentrification in Winter Park: The Local Expansion of Wealth

    Gentrification in Winter Park: The Local Expansion of Wealth

    I have been tracking development in my neighborhood and have previously posted footage of a house being demolished one block over from where I live. At the intersection where this house once stood, two other houses were also demolished and turned into empy lots ready for new homes. Since my last posting, construction has been underway on all three lots. The home being built on the lot that I recorded has created a stir that made the local news after a six-foot concrete wall w
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    What does neoliberalism have to do with Winter Park's disappearing urban tree canopy?

    What does neoliberalism have to do with Winter Park's disappearing urban tree canopy?

    I am currently writing a piece on Winter Park's disappearing tree canopy that is part of a larger project I have been working on for the past several months. Briefly, it explores the disappearing urban forest that has resulted from contemporary, neoliberal urban development. More to come, but I have been using Google Maps street view to confirm my suspicions, document what I can remember, and provide evidence of my larger argument, which is more expansive than just a conversa
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