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 […]
Yearly Archives: 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]