Sociologist Kevin Loughran discusses his book Parks for Profit, which examines how contemporary urban parks—especially post‑industrial linear parks like the High Line (NYC), the 606 (Chicago), and Buffalo Bayou Park (Houston)—have become engines of real‑estate development, gentrification, and privatized urban governance. He traces how these parks emerged from deindustrialized landscapes and were reframed as “found objects,” often ignoring the working‑class and minority communities historically tied to those sites.
Intro/Outro: "Post-Industrial Necrofolk," by Vredensdal
Intro/Outro: "Post-Industrial Necrofolk," by Vredensdal
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