Thursday, February 28, 2008

Fillmore Redevelopment



In order for us to understand the full effect of what the LAND project is trying to achieve you need to be able to look at other examples of torn vibrant communities being rebuilt. The Fillmore Redevelopment initiative is very similar to the LAND project here in Milwaukee on many levels. It’s a torn community where drugs and crime have made it almost unlivable for its citizens. The city has given up essentially on the community and turns its shoulder to the problems it faces. This redevelopment program is trying to achieve the same goals LAND is by recreating a sense of community free of drugs and crime. Just as how LAND has begun to take the impoverished center section of Milwaukee and transform it back to what it once was. The products of both redevelopment programs have already begun to take effect. The community is beginning to feel the changes but it’s a long and hard uphill battle.

For my archival project for LAND I would like to do some interviews of people in the neighborhood to understand how dramatic the changes in the community have been in the last fifty years. This example from the Fillmore Redevelopment program has set a nice tone for the questions that might need to be asked in an interview with one of the LAND community members.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Homesource Trip!

I'm going to keep this short because I'm tired and its late but we went to LAND on Friday it was awesome and I took a bunch of photos. I met and had a chance to speak with Toni Anderson the Executive Director of LAND and I became a lot more comfortable with this whole project and their focus! This is going to be exciting!

below are a collection of my photos from the Homesource Center as well as the offices for LAND

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylesmith26/sets/72157603885822346/

Thank you for reading and keep rebuilding Milwaukee one block at a time!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Rebuilding Milwaukee!

Welcome to my new blog which will focus entirely on the LAND initiative taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Our class will have the opportunity to travel over to the LAND site this upcoming Friday 2/8/2008 to become more acquainted with the area. Hopefully after this Friday I might be able to figure out what this whole project is about!