Still playing a little catch up with the blog. Here are a few links to articles about the McGentrification problem in Grünerløkka and what our campaign is trying to do to combat it. They're both in Norwegian, but non Norwegian speakers can still look at the pretty pictures.
The first article was written by Annicken Vargel and appeared in Dagbladet in March. The Save Grünerløkka Campaign came into existence when this article was published. It made me realise how strong peoples feelings were about the situation and gave me a reference point to start discussions. The article can be found on sribd here.
The second article by Gabrielle Graatrud was in Aften on 12/04/2007 and can be found here. This article is an introduction to the Save Grunerlokka campaign and contains comments from several shop owners and politicians.
Finally, another article by Gabrielle appeared in Aften on 04/05/2007. It describes the campaigns first little victory. One of the borettslaget (housing associations) in Grünerløkka has agreed to only rent out it's shops to businesses that comply with the existing cultural environment i.e. no big chain stores, no real estate agents etc. The article can be found here.
Future links and articles will be posted here as soon as I see them. If anybody else spots any that I miss, please send me a link.
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