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Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive

"Watsonville's Changing Face"

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Title

"Watsonville's Changing Face"

Description

An article by Bob Johnson from Monterey Life magazine discusses the destruction of the 200 block on Main Street. The article covers the controversy surrounding redevelopment and argues that the effort to bring in revenue for downtown Watsonville comes at the cost of homogenization and displacement of surrounding ethnic neighborhoods. The article includes a photograph of businesses located in the 200-block building by Susan Oplio.

Creator

Bob Johnson

Publisher

Monterey Life

Date

February 1987

Contributor

Dana Sales

Rights

Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley. Images were donated and digitally reproduced from private collections of individuals and families. Copyright remains with the original owners. All images included herein are intended for personal or educational use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. Please note that the images on this website are not included at their full resolution. For permission to publish or reproduce and for higher resolution files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are the rightful copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact the project director to discuss its removal from the archive.

Format

10.75 x 8.5 inches

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

SAL.2022.7

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Original Format

Magazine Article

Files

SAL.2022.7.combined.pdf

Citation

Bob Johnson, “"Watsonville's Changing Face",” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed November 7, 2024, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/960.

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