Over Spring break, I had the opportunity to visit Hudson Yards together with my family. Not knowing that we had to reserve tickets in advance for “The Vessel,” my family and I spent our time milling about the shopping mall. As we walked through the first-ever Neiman Marcus in New […]
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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 […]
Growing up I was always told that Harlem was a dangerous neighborhood that was to be avoided at all costs. In my imagination it was a place of abandoned houses riddled with drugs and drug lords. Therefore, you can imagine my surprise after reading Sharon Zukin’s “Why Harlem is Not […]
After reading Tom Angotti’s chapter “The Real Estate Capital of the World” and Michael Greenberg’s article “Tenants Under Siege: Inside New York City’s Housing Crisis,” the theme of dislocation became crystal clear. Unfortunately, gentrification is one of the main reasons behind New York City’s large homeless population. And this population […]
After reading the assigned portions of Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities, “Our House” the 1982 pop song by Madness “popped” into my head. For those unfamiliar with the song, the lyrics are available here: https://genius.com/Madness-our-house-lyrics. In “Our House” Madness constantly repeats the phrase “Our house in […]
