Third Blog Post
When I left the house this morning, I left with a specific agenda. I decided to photograph empty lots. All of these lots have the following three things in common: All are (presumably) privately owned lots located in Downtown Fresno, as defined by the following boundaries: South of Divisadero Street. West of Highway 41. North/East (both technically apply) of Highway 99. None of them are being put to any productive use (one has a couple trailers hanging out). Not a single “for sale” sign was to be found among them. There are plenty more than these, but I stopped at ten on purpose. If I were a betting man, I would assume they’re being held by land speculators, people who have correctly surmised that, due to existing taxation laws, financing structures, and land use regulations (among other factors), they have far more incentive to simply hold land and wait for prices to go up than do anything with it. This is not their fault; nobody can be...
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