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 […]
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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 […]
“‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven’: Gentrification and the Experience of Industrial Displacement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn” by Winifred Curran, is about how deindustrialization in Williamsburg caused displacement of people and businesses due to developers desiring their land. However, we know that developers usually come to a […]
Despite the fact that the manufacturing sector of a city is a relatively “old” practice, it is directly correlated, and thus vital, for a city’s economic power to thrive. Within neighborhoods, like Williamsburg in Brooklyn, that are experiencing gentrification, according to Winifred Curran, manufacturers are at risk of displacement due […]
In her papers “‘From the Frying Pan to the Oven” and “In Defense of Old Industrial Spaces: Manufacturing, Creativity and Innovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,” Winifred Curran explains how the manufacturing industry plays a big role in the New York City economy and how gentrification led to the displacement of these […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
