Filip Strabrowski discusses the major redevelopment of the area of Greenpoint in his paper, “New-Build Gentrification and the Everyday Displacement of Polish Immigrant Tenants in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.” He speaks on the multiple different layers of gentrification that have been added to this quaint area in Brooklyn.
Documentation of 65 East 125th Street
The notion of race has played a prominent role throughout the housing and fiscal situation in New York City. Sharon Zukin highlights these factors as major playing fields in the shaping of present day Harlem in her novel, “The Naked City: The Life and Death of Authentic Public Places.” She speaks on the unique gentrification that has played in this area. There are the usual displacement of low income families in replacement for upper middle class residents. Race plays a major role in the shaping of Harlem, however, Zukin makes an interesting note to discuss how there is presence of white families displacing African American families, but also the notion that wealthier African America families are also displacing the original lower income residents of Harlem.
Blockbusting and Structural Racism
This video is a Part II of a compilation of videos interviewing author Antero Pietila on his novel, “Not in My Neighborhood.” He speaks on the process of blockbusting that surrounded and devastated the area of Baltimore, Maryland. He spoke on how speculators would propagate the racism that surrounded the area during the period of the 1940 and 1950’s.
Expanding Higher Education
The photograph presented above is a still of New York University’s campus in the Bronx location. It is incredibly astonishing to view New York University in this setting — secluded, humbly compact, and located in a predominantly low income borough of New York City. The NYU campus we know of today expands to a large area near Washington Square, and encompasses a dental, medical, business, and law school along with its undergraduate university. In our readings, we have explored how Robert Moses transformed the city of New York in the post-World War II era.
