Jeremiah Moss’s “Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost its Soul” illustrates how gentrification has turned New York into a tale of two cities. Detailing several waves of gentrification from the 1970’s through the present, Moss traces the roots of gentrification to Colonial racism in America. Mixing of […]
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Race isn’t what breeds the alienation of gentrification, it’s the position that the new imports take. […]
When Amazon picked New York City as one of two locations to house its headquarters, the city was ecstatic for the 25,000 jobs promised for the 25,000 people so eagerly waiting. Or so Bezos thought. Instead of plopping themselves right into Long Island City as was planned, the people of […]
While reading under the heading Come East! in chapter 6, “The NeoLiberal Turn” of Jeremiah Moss’s Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul, I was drawn to a quote by former mayor Ed Koch: ‘The days before Gilded Age New York gave way to a city of […]
We always want what we can’t have. It’s something inevitable, a trait that we must all possess. But what’s the point of stating this? We want comfort and safety from those near us. We long for emotional, mental, and moral support. We seek attention, to be showered by love and […]
Jane Jacobs’, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, predominantly allows readers to see cities as having ‘life cycles,’ as determined by their architectural nature. Given that, city planners design urban living according to how they think such living spaces should work. Jacobs on the other hand, attacks the […]
One of Jane Jacobs’s main points in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities is that city planners misunderstand the benefits of city living and only value an ideal that is similar in look to a small town or village. These planners promote a society in which […]
“The room for great differences among neighbors- differences that often go far deeper than differences in color- are possible and normal only when streets of great cities have built in equipment allowing strangers to dwell in peace together.” -Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. A woman- […]
The way we treat the stranger is of crucial importance to the way we live our lives as moral and ethical people part of a world beyond ourselves. Jane Jacobs, in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, discusses the importance of different types of diversity in […]
The company Nintendo is notorious for making video games that offer unique interactive experiences, such as their popular franchise Animal Crossing. The Animal Crossing series of video games allows people to take on the role of a new resident in a town full of talking animals that have all sorts […]
In Jane Jacob’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she mentions how important it is for there to be a natural place for people to interact with each other because if they don’t, they become more private and less social which in turn makes the damages the […]
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 […]