Monthly Archives: April 2011
Greg Antonelli – 4/12/11
This weeks reading spoke a lot about the connection that ethnic groups feel towards their neighborhoods and the impact that changes to a neighborhood can have. Like Alex said, the people in Harlem and other lower income neighborhoods were experiencing … Continue reading
Response for 4/12/11
From this week’s readings along with the documentary watched last week, it became clear that race and public housing are deeply related. Public housing became a way of separating the minority groups and placing them into one compacted area. These … Continue reading
It is always interesting to observe peoples’ reactions to changing neighborhoods, communities, etc. We usually get accustomed to a type of neighborhood, with specific people, a certain way. When changes occur, people normally dont favor this and they usually take … Continue reading
Response 4/12
It’s upsetting to see how much focus is placed on minority and majority, on color, race and power. Places are labeled “the slums” and “the Projects” because they are left for the lower class to occupy. As each wave of … Continue reading
Response- 4/12
I agree with Alex in that there is definitely a link between public housing and race, which was pretty obvious in this week’s readings. Pritchett discussed how the public housing projects became increasingly identified with minorities, and he called this … Continue reading
Response – April 12
I think Liz may be on to something when she said that it is more an issue of “majority vs. minority” than anything else. But along with this, whites have always felt as though they are the superior race. This … Continue reading
Response (4/12/11)
As Sharman wrote, “The people transform the streets and the streets transform the people.” Communities are never static, although residents certainly wish they would be. What awed me about this week’s readings was a sense of cyclic history. What Five … Continue reading
Response- 4/12
In Five Points, Anbinder writes that even after new plans were made for housing, the conditions of the residents of Five Points did not improve that much. I remember reading that the stairs were one of the more treacherous parts … Continue reading
Response:
Since we’re talking about fonts, I just want to say that while Times New Roman is a nice font, it’s rather drab. There are many other fonts out there, some just as nice or even nicer. Another thing to consider … Continue reading
