Fighting Sprawl and City Hall: Resistance to Urban Growth in the Southwest

238 Pages·1995·14.04 MB·English

by  Michael F. Logan

FIGHTING SPRAWL AND cln HALL
FIGHTING SPRAWL
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The University of Arizona Press
Tucson
AND CITY HALL
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Resistance
to Urban Growth
in the Southwest
MICHAEL F. LOGAN
The University of Arizona Press
© 1995 by the Arizona Board of Regents
All rights reserved.
@) This book is printed on acid-free, archival-quality paper.
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Logan, Michael F., 1950-
Fighting sprawl and City Hall : resistance to urban growth
in the Southwest / Michael F. Logan.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8165-1512-3 (acid-free paper).
-ISBN 0-8165-1553-0 (pbk. acid-free paper)
1. Cities and towns-Growth. 2. Opposition (Political
science) 3. Tucson (Ariz.)-Politics and government.
4. Albuquerque (N.M.)-Politics and government. I. Tide
HT371.L64 1995
307.1 '716'09791778-dc20 95-5590
CIP
British Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British
Library.
To Virgie Walker Logan. 1923-1993

COI'EITS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: The Other Half of the Story 3
PART I IUCSOII II
The Pro-Growth Partnership: "The Optimistic
Assumption" 17
2 Political Resistance: "The Laws Serve the Majority" 3 1
3 Ethnic Resistance: "The Wrong Side of the Tracks" 49
4 Environmental Resistance: "Bottomless Towers" 70
5 Tucson Epilogue: Monkey Wrenches and Mountain
Lions 86
P.I2 ALBUQUERQUE 95
6 The Pro-Growth Partnership: "Step Lively" 99
7 Political Resistance: "Land, Lots of Land" 109
8 Ethnic Resistance: "The Enchilada Floor" 131
9 Environmental Resistance: "Sprawlitis" 147
10 Albuquerque Epilogue: Thin Reeds and Buffers 159
Conclusion: Both Halves of the Story 167
Notes 171
Bibliography 199
Index 211
YIII Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
'.&URES
1 The Tucson Valley 12
2 "A City of Diversmed Interests," 1950 24
3 "Tomorrow Is Today in Tucson," 1954 25
4 Tucson and Vicinity: 1936 32
5 Tucson and Vicinity: 1950 34
6 Tucson and Vicinity: 1960 35
7 Mexican American Settlement in Tucson, 1920 52
8 Mexican American Settlement in Tucson, 1940 54
9 The Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project, 1965 67
10 Profile of the Rio Grande Valley 96
11 Family Size by Communities 132
12 Downtown Albuquerque and Public Renewal Areas 144
13 Santa Fe Village, Albuquerque 165
TAlUS
1 Population by Decade of Albuquerque and Tucson 5
2 Tucson Population, 1950-1960 36