Author Archives: belizairec

In the various neighborhoods throughout New York City’s history, shifts in the populations of residents in areas, underscored in places as Corona or Five Points, were routinely incited by ignorance, racism, and a fear of the decline in value of … Continue reading →

Despite the distinct waves that have reached American soil, new modes of migrant transport, and novel reasons for relocation, little has changed regarding the American immigration story.  Since it’s colonial nascent, tides of Western Europeans, African Slaves, Southern and Eastern … Continue reading →

I posit the repulsive, debased zoo of Five Points, along with the deplorable, barely inhabitable tenement housing situations (which characterized many urban dwellings in the United States) were healthy and a requirement for urban development.  Galvanized by a mass influx of poorer … Continue reading →