“More modern is less homey”
I interviewed Jamie, a Macaulay Honors Student at Lehman College. Walking around the Macaulay building on the upper west side, an area she is not familiar with, Jamie was struck by the sense of familiarity she had with a five story brick building on the corner of Columbus Ave and 67th street. Talking about the building, Jamie reflected on her upbringing in Sunset Park and the way her childhood neighborhood has changed over the years. She says the change is most visible in new storefronts and in the demographic of the neighborhood. She feels that the new “modern” design, increasingly present across the city, is “less homey,” but she refuses to be entirely pessimistic about the change.
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