TY - JOUR
T1 - Sweet Auburn
T2 - Constructing Atlanta's Auburn avenue as a heritage tourist destination
AU - Inwood, F. Joshua
N1 - Funding Information:
1I would like to thank three anonymous reviewers whose critiques and suggestions contributed mightily to this paper. I would also like to thank Elvin Wyly and his editorial colleagues for their help and advice during the revision process, and Steve Holloway for his constant support during this research project, which was generously supported by the National Science Foundation. 2Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Joshua Inwood, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-9123; 36849; telephone: 865-974-2418; fax: 865-974-6025.
PY - 2010/7/1
Y1 - 2010/7/1
N2 - Utilizing redevelopment plans created by Central Atlanta Progress, this study explores the process of constructing a heritage tourist landscape on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue. Once home to the wealthiest African American community in the United States, Auburn Avenue went through a period of economic decline in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, planners for the City of Atlanta focused on redeveloping the Auburn Avenue corridor. At that time, Central Atlanta Progress began to update plans to convert Auburn Avenue into the United States' premier African American tourist destination. Utilizing those plans, this article argues that the city's redevelopment vision ties into particular aspects of African American identity, which link to neoliberal economic policies in an effort to turn Auburn Avenue into a "culturetainment" district. This vision is juxtaposed against the reaction of community residents who seek an alternative redevelopment vision.
AB - Utilizing redevelopment plans created by Central Atlanta Progress, this study explores the process of constructing a heritage tourist landscape on Atlanta's Auburn Avenue. Once home to the wealthiest African American community in the United States, Auburn Avenue went through a period of economic decline in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000, planners for the City of Atlanta focused on redeveloping the Auburn Avenue corridor. At that time, Central Atlanta Progress began to update plans to convert Auburn Avenue into the United States' premier African American tourist destination. Utilizing those plans, this article argues that the city's redevelopment vision ties into particular aspects of African American identity, which link to neoliberal economic policies in an effort to turn Auburn Avenue into a "culturetainment" district. This vision is juxtaposed against the reaction of community residents who seek an alternative redevelopment vision.
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U2 - 10.2747/0272-3638.31.5.573
DO - 10.2747/0272-3638.31.5.573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650605103
SN - 0272-3638
VL - 31
SP - 573
EP - 594
JO - Urban Geography
JF - Urban Geography
IS - 5
ER -