Chapter four of Angotti’s New York for Sale, “From Protest to Community Plan,” revolves around the capabilities of communities in terms of changing the way urban development takes place in their neighborhoods, contrary to the plans of private developers, for instance. He emphasizes this through the discussion of examples where […]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
After doing case-studies on neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, one can’t help but wonder what it takes for a plan to succeed. Or at the very least, why it’s so difficult for a plan to succeed. Like, why is it that even when the community board has a reasonable plan, like […]
“Reading “High Line 1: The Meatpacking District” reminded me a lot Jane Jacobs and her ideas about neighborhoods and the communities they foster. Reading about the Meatpacking District it felt like there were a lot of different little communities that looked out for each other. On page 39 of The […]
Jeremiah Moss describes 1997 as the “turning point” between the old and new culture of the meatpacking district, a neighborhood running from West 14th street to Gansevoort Street. After the acquiring of Manhattan by the Dutch, by the 1800s, this district became coined as such due to its primary purpose […]
It is the story of how a multiethnic group with a large Latino membership acted forcefully against racial and economic exclusion. […]