Affecting Change Through Insurgent Architectures

As pointed out by Wes Janz and Olon Dotson in their paper “Distress Road Tours”, like many rust belt cities, Indianapolis is a place of extremes. Tremendous investment has led to a resurgence of the downtown, and affluent suburbs thrive and grow. In stark contrast the historic neighborhoods that ring the city, the fabric of the place, continue to struggle with significant challenges. There is too much crime and too little neighborhood organization.High drop-out rates lead to low incomes. Poor access to health care exists alongside easy access to low nutrition foods. Like many cities in the region and throughout the world, an eroding manufacturing base, marginal public schools, high crime rates, among other pressures, have all contributed to significant attrition.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AMP.105.58

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-07-4