It is the story of how a multiethnic group with a large Latino membership acted forcefully against racial and economic exclusion. […]
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Doubled-Edged Sword (noun): Something that has or can have both favorable and unfavorable consequences. After reading the articles by Winifred Curran, the phrase Double-Edged Sword immediately came to mind. The effects of gentrification on industrial displacement is more complicated than at first glance. Like most issues, there are multiple sides […]
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 […]
It’s a classic, a song that all New Yorkers know and love, it’s Fred Ebb’s, “New York, New York.” Written by Ebbs in 1977 and famously performed by Frank Sinatra in 1979, this song can be seen as an attribute to the historic redevelopment of New York City that heavily […]
