After seeing my photo of the medianera of a demolished house, a reader, Alberto, suggested I go check out a section of Villa Urquiza between the streets Donado and Holmberg. Back in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, the city government evicted the owners to clear the way for a freeway. The freeway never got built and the buildings that weren't demolished were invaded by squatting families. Fast forward 25 years and the city government is buying off and evicting the squatters. Some of the families have been there over 20 years and are receiving up to 90,000 pesos to move elsewhere [source: La Nacion and Pagina 12]. The articles mention that it's not clear yet if the land will be turned into parks or developed.
1 comments:
Very intensive pics! But as every others: Very very good!
Now I am in Bs As and I live in La Pampa, cerca de Holmberg!
Good job! Keep going!
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