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 […]
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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 […]
I define “everyday displacement” as the lived experience of ongoing loss—of the security, agency, and freedom to “make place” – Filip […]
