UK Only Article:
standard article
Issue:
What does Hillary stand for?
Fly Title:
Urban regeneration
Rubric:
As badlands get cleaned up, the poor still get pushed to the margins
Location:
JOHANNESBURG
CENTRAL Johannesburg’s newest draw for hipsters was once a mining-explosives warehouse, a relic of the city’s gold rush, with part of the building believed to predate the Boer war of 1899-1902. It stood derelict for years. Now it is TheSheds@1Fox, a cavernous hall of vendors selling craft beer, flambéed chorizo and artisanal tacos, attracting trendsetters and young families to a block that not long ago was best avoided.
This is the latest example of developers bringing fresh life to pockets of South Africa’s economic capital, for years saddled with a largely deserved reputation for crime and chaos. The gentrification of small sections of inner-city Johannesburg is generally welcome. There is nothing romantic about the decay of the past two decades. As apartheid waned, white middle-class residents fled …<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
SOURCE: Economic Issues – Read entire story here.
