Does Freeman’s article’s tone and sentiment from 1957 seem similar to your current understanding of gentrification or other debates about gentrification? Is there anything that seems different? Does a primary source like this, a newspaper article from 1957, help us understand the present issues surrounding gentrification and development? Does history tell us anything about the future of New York?
https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6075/2018/01/16170315/NYT_washsquare_1957.pdf