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Urban Renewal Impact - Special Edition

$20.00

Priscilla Ndiaye Robinson is a native of Asheville, NC. Southside was once a thriving tight-knit community where neighbors knew each other, and no one was homeless or hungry. Over 15 years ago, she was asked, “What happened in Asheville? The question sent her on a quest for answers - only to find her childhood neighborhood was root shocked, remapped, but remembered.

Priscilla Ndiaye Robinson is a native of Asheville, NC. Southside was once a thriving tight-knit community where neighbors knew each other, and no one was homeless or hungry. Over 15 years ago, she was asked, “What happened in Asheville? The question sent her on a quest for answers - only to find her childhood neighborhood was root shocked, remapped, but remembered.

The complete area of East Riverside a.k.a. Southside was designated as a redlined area. Largest in the southeast, the 407 acre project set gentrification in motion. Justification was “blight,” but for Black Asheville, NC the end result is broken sustainability through plight. In this lookbook, Priscilla Ndiaye Robinson shares a portion of her research and twilight of her neighborhood. It is also displayed at the AVL Grind coffee shop in the River Art District.