Gentrification

Gentrification has changed Williamsburg drastically. Over the course of a few years, various small businesses, stores, and condominiums have opened, and with them has come a new people and culture. On this page, we examine the socioeconomic and cultural effects of gentrification on Williamsburg, and how this culture fits into Williamsburg’s traditional culture through interviews, …

Michael Harris’s Migration Story

My family’s migration story to the United States starts in the 1870s, when my mother’s father’s grandmother came to New York City from Austria. This generation of my family grew up in Ridgewood and Bushwick section of Brooklyn. My family has been and still is Jewish, but my mother’s father’s family was largely secular because …