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June 3, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Selling Chicago as a Global City: Redevelopment and Ethnic Neighborhoods

KSKathryn Saclarides

Key Points

  • This analysis aims to explore how globalization influences community revitalization in Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods.
  • Case study of the Pilsen neighborhood
  • Examination of the interplay between political economy and tourism
  • Assessment of community changes due to urban redevelopment
  • Community revitalization efforts are reshaping ethnic neighborhoods, particularly affecting local residents' livelihoods.
  • The political economy and tourism strategies are significantly influencing the redevelopment process.
  • Pilsen serves as a representative example of the larger trends affecting urban neighborhoods in Chicago.

Abstract

Chicago is in the dynamic process of redefining itself in the national and international urban hierarchy within the new era of globalization. Globalization in Chicago can be understood in multiple contexts. The following analysis reduces globalization to tangible processes of community revitalization in ethnic neighborhoods in Chicago. The Pilsen neighborhood will be used as a case example of how the city's political economy and the rise of tourism are shaping the fate of its residents.

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Kathryn Saclarides (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fc58bdee9eb8c0dce6fb0https://doi.org/10.6082/1j5rc-fhv78
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