Pushing poverty

Pushing Poverty

Amanda Foster

“Human beings crave physical beauty.”-Florida, 166

“The average worker in the service sector makes $27,000 annually.”

-Florida, 104

“…Our locational topography is split into just two distinct categories, with one…for the advantaged and another for the disadvantaged.”

-Florida, 81

Problem

• Need to attract creative minds

• Need to rejuvenate area

• Houses: Dilapidated, Need elbow grease

• Increasing poverty

Solution

• Video Game Incubator• Start to revamp• Possibly Historical

Society• Give the impoverished a

way out • Business on the side

Old Hemphill Street

New Hemphill Street

Plans for Business

Grants and Donations

Donations from Families

Dimensions of Urban Design

Visual DimensionUpkeep and Civilities

Not looked after or repaired when brokenHistorical Significance and Content

Could have favorable nostalgia or memories attachedAesthetics

Disrepair, poorly constructed, number of materials need to be replaced, poor security and protection