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 […]
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In J. Vigdor’s piece called “Does Gentrification Harm the Poor?”, he discusses the distinguishing factors between the rich and the poor within a neighborhood. The political cartoon above shows a neighborhood with a clear divide between the rich and the poor. The man on the bike is depicted as […]
Max Rivlin-Nadler, an investigative journalist, writes an article discussing the effects Business Improvement Directs have on a community specifically the social groups they exclude and the small business they hurt. He explains the devastating loss the government took on the bases of not being able to meet public expectations in […]
Class Divide is a HBO documentary that discusses gentrification in New York and how it is a fast changing city. Similarly, in this week’s reading, Jeremiah Moss discusses Hyper-Gentrification and how it is occurring in an accelerated rate. Jeremiah Moss talks about how New Yorkers are no longer seen as […]
Robert Moses is a man that is known to have greatly impacted the physical features of the New York City we know today. The process of city building has changed drastically since his time, and therefore his influence on the building of NYC is unmatched. His contributions to the city […]
