... housing, urban renewal, historical memory In 2009 , the City of Seattle announced plans to redevelop Yesler Terrace, a low-income housing facility built in the late 1930s using New Deal funds. With the possible demolition looming, journalists and writers rushed to memorialize Yesler Terrace, which had...

..., on statistics provided by many employees of the city, and on two dozen or so oral history interviews with key city leaders. Key words: San Jose, Silicon Valley, Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs), urban renewal Many American downtowns have undergone revitalization in the past few decades, but San Jose, California s...