District, Route, Corridor: Port Architectures and Heritage Strategies in Chile
By Sarah Rovang, 2017 H. Allen Brooks Fellow
In the Yokohama Port Museum, there is a row of framed archival photographs from the United States occupation of the Yokohama port and harbor after World War II. These artful black and white images capture the bizarre urban condition of the occupation—leisurely lawn parties in the fenced American compound against the backdrop of bombed out buildings and everyday Japanese hardship.