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 […]
Daily Archives: April 7, 2019
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 […]
The survival of urban city regions depends on the niche they carry; the transportation, the food, the culture. However, what happens when these city areas become the target of urban developers seeking to install new methods of capital, labor, and housing in areas that contained old manufacturing but are […]