Urban Development, Housing and Student Enclaves in University Towns: Luxury Living in Madison, WI
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2016-12-17Author
France, Nathan
Palm-Leis, Kaia
Smith, Matthew
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Our research is concerned with recent additions of high-end, high-rise apartment
buildings to the State Street area in Madison, WI, taking the Hub at Madison and its
follow-up project the James as particular cases. We address the economic and social
consequences of these processes specifically for students, and how these buildings might
serve to segregate and stratify the student population. We situate these developments in
the context of the greater Madison housing market and recent trends in student housing
and consider how these developments articulate with and diverge from previous
conceptualization of gentrification and studentification. Through a survey and interviews
with four students and two community members we are able to better understand the
processes of urban change occurring in Madison. We argue that development in
downtown Madison has prompted the creation of exclusionary spaces, specifically in
connection to students and student housing.
Subject
Madison, Wisconsin
State Street
Student housing
Housing market
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