West Village Gentrification Through Time Looking at West Village, New York
The West Village makes up the western portion of the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City….
Bed-Stuy Gentrification Through Time Looking at Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
A humorous look at a serious issue Colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, in the north central portion of Brooklyn. The area is…
Analyzing Both Sides The Pros and Cons Behind Gentrification
So has gentrification come to help or harm existing communities within New York City? Let’s find out what both sides…
Tensions Boil in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst It's 1989: a murder sheds a troubling light on the community.
Bensonhurst in 1989 was a town dominated by white Italians. Yusuf Hawkins was 16 years old and was new to…
The Summer of ’91: The Crown Heights Riots Making sense of the three most violent, racially-charged days
“It was the city’s worst racial violence since the outbreak that followed Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968.” – Time Magazine…
We Begin Our Story on Contested NYC in Howard Beach Examining the issue of contested turf through acts of racial discrimination.
New York City has often been celebrated as the melting pot of the world: the place of coexistence between peoples…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Ariella, Maria, Rahat, Ryan
New York City is the most diverse city in the world. Known as a melting pot or a “pressure cooker”…
