Michael Cohen, City Hall’s Director of Base Reuse and Development, says folks in the Bayview-Hunters Point community are noticing that redevelopment of the Naval shipyard is getting a lot less positive media attention than projects in areas such as Mission Bay and the Presidio (which are richer, whiter, by the way). … Is this noticable to the community at large? Well-founded? And is media attention a good thing? The project, with its massive environmental cleanup, is certainly interesting, as are the debates over gentrification in the area. … Comments welcome. …


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