Latinx Entrepreneurs in Philadelphia – A Legacy of Resilience and Growth

November 20, 2024.Reading time 21 minutes.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth post in our theme for November, The Latinx City. By Stephanie Rivera-Kumar Philadelphia, one of the oldest cities in the United States, has a vibrant history shaped by immigrant contributions that continue to affect its neighborhoods and economy. In recent years, Latinx immigrants from countries such as the Dominican […]

A Struggle for Self-Reliance: A Brief History of Community Plans in Barrio Logan, 1978-2023

February 28, 2024.Reading time 18 minutes.

Editor’s note: In anticipation of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History’s (SACRPH) 2024 conference to be held in San Diego on the campus of the University of California San Diego, The Metropole’s theme for February is San Diego. This is the final entry. For more information about SACRPH 2024, see here. For […]

Hope and Community in the Capital: Salvadorans in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area

November 15, 2023.Reading time 29 minutes.

This is the third entry for our November 2023 Metropolis of the Month, Washington, DC. By Edwin A. Rodriguez In an interview with news media outlet Bloomberg, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson reflected on his book Green Earth (2015), inspired by his time living in Washington, DC. He noted that when he lived in […]