Change and Access

Text and photos by Deborah Achtenberg

Wells Avenue is full of life! Beauty salons, thrift stores and storefront churches with services in Spanish.

Foodie culture, youth culture and immigrant culture, cheek by jowl.

Will they coexist? Or will one push out the other? Who has a right to Wells Avenue?


Neighborhoods change, of course. That's what makes them lively. But can we promote change and access at the same time?

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