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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
In her works, “‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven’: Gentrification and the Experience of Industrial Displacement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,” and “In Defense of Old Industrial Spaces: Manufacturing, Creativity and Innovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,” Winifred Curran sheds light on the effects of industrial displacement, which she distinguishes from deindustrialization as […]
Jacob L. Vigdor, in his essay “Does Gentrification Harm the Poor?” addresses the topic of whether gentrification disadvantages poor households, and offers two different possible explanations of the causes of these distributional effects on neighborhoods. One view holds that gentrification of urban neighborhoods causes the harm to the disadvantage households, […]
The whole premise of gentrification in a neighborhood, or how some may refer to as “rejuvenation” / “revitalization” is almost paradoxical. Based off of unfair provisions which favor traffic and follows capital, gentrification almost seems inevitable post economic-crises (fiscal crisis of 1975). Like the Russification of Brighton Beach, Stabrowski narrates […]
There is a certain consequence to rezoning that cannot be mitigated. Communities can be displaced, poverty can escalate exponentially, and entire racial groups can be left in the dust as newer (wealthier) people move in. There are few ways to prevent those consequences, fewer ways to alleviate them, and fewer […]
This week’s readings addressed a topic that seems to be the root of many problems talked about in our class. Gentrification is a process of “renovation” of low-income neighborhoods that ultimately results in the displacement of the low-income residents living there by higher income/middle-class people. This process has its pros […]
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 […]
What a divisive topic gentrification can be. People being priced out of the places they have called home for years and years does not seem like an ideal scenario. We can definitely see that now in the New York we live in today as it is being rezoned and reinvented, […]
The readings for this week were all centered around gentrification, but each highlighted a different argument concerning displacement and its being an accurate indicator of the overall effects gentrification has on residents. In “The Right to Stay Put, Revisited: Gentrification and Resistance to Displacement in New York City,” one point […]
I define “everyday displacement” as the lived experience of ongoing loss—of the security, agency, and freedom to “make place” – Filip […]