Category Archives: Week 10: Enclaves, Eyesores, and the Willet’s Point Repair Shop
Willet’s Point and the Impacts of Gentrification
Willet’s Point is a grungy, unkempt place not necessarily fit for human habitation. However, the city of New York has a responsibility to ensure its continued existence and put the necessary funds into the area to make it sanitary on … Continue reading
The Willets Point Conundrum
The redevelopment of the “Iron Triangle” can be understood in the context of a powerful economic force that is driving enormous changes in the economies of nations and municipalities everywhere: globalization. Unfortunately, industrial places like Willets Point don’t really have a … Continue reading
Reading Response
When reading excerpts of God in Chinatown by Kenneth J. Guest, the enclave model that Portes and Bach suggested seemed too optimistic. For example, they spoke about two waves of immigrants; the first wave is made up of entrepreneurs who … Continue reading
Ethnic Enclaves
In Guest’s “God in Chinatown”, Portes and Bach describe the function of ethnic enclaves as a method to “utilize networks of ethnic solidarity to mobilize needed cultural or social capital”, and the way that ethnic enclaves are capable of generating … Continue reading
Enclaves, Eyesores, and the Willets Point Repair Shop
Guest underscores street-by-street observation as an ideal means of data collection within ethnic enclaves particularly within the Chinese community of New York City. Distinct from the institutionalized position of religion in Western societies, religion in China is intertwined into the … Continue reading
Enclaves, Eyesores, and the Willets Point Repair Shop
Because I live in Flushing, I have passed by Willets Point on the 7 train for 14 years. In the beginning, I remember being awed by the change of scenery from the heart of Flushing to Willets Point, and from … Continue reading
Government and Responsibility
I think the government should be held responsible to protect hazardous and dirty occupations. Reading about Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to create a new urban space for Willets Point sounds great at first glance, but it heavily impacts the people there … Continue reading
Week 10: Ethnic Enclaves and Willets Point
For a long time, many immigrants – both new and old – have resided in New York City. But as years have gone by, the gap between the descendants of old immigrants and new immigrants has increased tremendously. Some of … Continue reading
Ethic Enclaves and Willets Point
Ethic enclaves are known as places where immigrants of the same ethnic background can settle down in without having to assimilate and acquire American skills. These places allow immigrants to thrive in an area of a culture they are familiar … Continue reading
Week 10 Reading: Ethnic Enclaves and their Safety
A common concern of urban residents is just how involved the government should be in small, established communities. Ethnic enclaves are examples of one such community. In Willet’s Point, the government will likely improve infrastructure, but the small business owners … Continue reading
