Maka Suarez: Created Image: Union Station / Old Chinatown

There is a visually easy way of seeing regeneration "happen" through these images. Processes of exclusion, expulsion, and eviction are visualized through the juxtaposed construction. The way in which infrastructure allows for a restructuring of space is key in this image. The two arches (one in each picture) give me a sense of attempted continuity. The removal of any Chinese architectural legacy from the new station brutally deletes history. The fact that the new building looks like a church reminds me of colonial impositions of creed.It is harder to see how toxicity becomes part of the analysis and I would be very interested in hearing more about what the author dubs “toxic vulnerabilities.”