FROM HOUSING SPACE TO THE PROMISE OF TOURISM. THE URBAN RENEWAL OF TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN HISTORIC CENTER OF SAN LUIS POTOSÍ

Abstract

This article analyzes the urban intervention carried out by different state and municipal governments in two central neighborhoods of the city of San Luis Potosí: San Miguelito and San Sebastián, located in the vicinity of the Historic Center, whose renovation was planned as a rescue strategy for revitalizing the area. The objective of the paper is to describe and analyze a set of neighborhood experiences related to those interventions that generated, on one hand, social expectations; and, on the other, phenomena such as real estate speculation, the arrival of new businesses, as well as dynamics that have transformed the meanings of the inhabited urban space.