General notes As Prof. Alonso noted in class, the questions and comments that your group received today reflect the gaps in your presentation’s argument . Anticipate the types of questions raised by your group’s problem/concepts/solutions! Define your terms: kairos, public-private, gentrification, etc. Make sure that your reason for the choice of a […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
20 posts
I’m writing from an ITF meeting where we’re learning more about Universal Design Learning (UDL), defined as “an approach to the design of all products and environments to be usable by everyone, to the greatest extent possible, regardless of age, ability, or situation.” In essence, the goal of UDL is […]
Bodegas Declining in Manhattan as Rents Rise and Chains Grows by Mark Kauzlarich, discusses the rapid closing of small businesses, specifically delis closing, and how big business is taking over. Specifically, due to rent rising and no long-term leases creates a unstable business climate. Even after being able to negotiate […]
Link to the NYT article mentioned in class: “That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone” by David Margolick, NYT (April 5, 2019): Tamar Gongadze, whose third-floor apartment at 51 West 68th Street was directly above the pit, also just fled. Her law firm […]
Doubled-Edged Sword (noun): Something that has or can have both favorable and unfavorable consequences. After reading the articles by Winifred Curran, the phrase Double-Edged Sword immediately came to mind. The effects of gentrification on industrial displacement is more complicated than at first glance. Like most issues, there are multiple sides […]
Winifred Curran’s entire argument is an implied “nature is good, and anything that interferes with nature is bad”. I simply ask: why? Additionally, I will show that Curran’s argument doesn’t make sense intuitively, doesn’t make sense practically, and doesn’t make sense ideologically. Natural is defined as “existing in or caused […]
Besides the impact gentrification has had on the people who live in cities, Winifred Curran examines how manufacturing businesses are being forced to move out of cities and either relocate or cease to exist. Rather than placing the blame on competition between global manufacturing businesses and deindustrialization, Curran makes a […]
“‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven’: Gentrification and the Experience of Industrial Displacement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn” by Winifred Curran, is about how deindustrialization in Williamsburg caused displacement of people and businesses due to developers desiring their land. However, we know that developers usually come to a […]
Despite the fact that the manufacturing sector of a city is a relatively “old” practice, it is directly correlated, and thus vital, for a city’s economic power to thrive. Within neighborhoods, like Williamsburg in Brooklyn, that are experiencing gentrification, according to Winifred Curran, manufacturers are at risk of displacement due […]
In her papers “‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven” and “In Defense of Old Industrial Spaces: Manufacturing, Creativity and Innovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,” Winifred Curran explains how the manufacturing industry plays a big role in the New York City economy and how gentrification led to the displacement of these […]
While some scholars argue that manufacturing was unnecessary and bound to be displaced, they often overlook the likelihood of manufacturing being forced out of Williamsburg. Winifred Curran discusses the sad tale of manufacturing in Williamsburg in the two readings assigned. In “‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven’: Gentrification and […]
After reading Filip Stabrowski’s article “New-Build Gentrification and the Everyday Displacement of Polish Immigrant Tenants in Greenpoint, Brooklyn,” I kept thinking about Greenpoint. Although I have always lived in Brooklyn, the only knowledge I have of Greenpoint comes from the occasional episode of Lena Dunham’s Girls. Not really an expert […]
