Myth of Gentrification: It’s extremely rare and not as bad for the poor as you think” by John Butin‚ focuses on the positive aspects of remodeling low income neighborhoods. Butin begins the article by stating two facts. Butin believes that popular cities in New York started the trend of gentrification by introducing an upscale vibe to rundown low income neighborhoods. Butin informs the reader how it seemingly started to spread to other states. He describes most peoples’ view with gentrification. Most
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Robert Moses In the late 1930s a municipal controversy raged over whether an additional vehicular link between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan would be a bridge or a tunnel. Bridges can be wider and cheaper but tall ones use more ramp space at landfall than tunnels. A "Brooklyn Battery Bridge" would have destroyed Battery Park and physically encroached on the financial district. The bridge was opposed by the Regional Plan Association‚ historical preservationists‚ Wall Street financial interests and
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America is called gentrification. Gentrification is the process of renewing a low-income living area. People observing this phenomenon have noticed that gentrification can improve living conditions and can also leave many people displaced. But finding out if gentrification leaves a positive or negative impact on American communities will need to be determined by weighing the problems and the solutions it brings. There are multiple problems that appear with the process of gentrification. Craig S. Wilder
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Ehrenreich wrote the book “Nickel and Dimed” coming out of her experiences while being on assignment for Harper’s magazine‚ while trying to get the story of life as a low-wage income worker after welfare reform pass by president William Clinton. During her assignment she ran into many issues‚ like lack of basic necessities‚ poor working conditions‚ and having to work more then one job. Another set of pressing issues was the fact that in every city she moved to and tried to have a low-wage life in
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back we can see the leaps and bounds we have made in technology‚ industry‚ and government; but while development is necessary it isn’t always the best route. Gentrification has been seen as one of those forms of necessary advancement‚ but when looking at it under a microscope you begin to see the truth behind the “progress”. Gentrification causes the rapid increase in property value‚ as well as the eviction of life long tenants‚ and the alterations of whole neighborhoods. On paper‚ it seems like
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currently living in the community are in danger of losing their home to the new white and gay residents who want to restore the area with new homes. This creates gentrification because it causes some of the long-time residents of the community to lose their home when they can’t afford to pay for it anymore. I believe that gentrification has more of a negative effect on the community in Columbus‚ Ohio because you can see that the current African American residents in the community are constantly
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Summary of the film ”Smoke” by Paul Auster “Smoke” is a film based on the book “Smoke” written by Paul Auster. The film tells the stories of mainly three people in Brooklyn. The movie takes place in New York with the cigar shop Brooklyn Cigar Co. as the centre of the film. The owner of the shop is named Auggie Wren. For him the store is the centre of the world and he takes pictures near the shop at the exact same place every morning at the same time. Paul Benjamin is a regular costumer‚ who
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Dangerous. Expensive (so much so today that people who once thought of themselves as middle class now fear they’re only a few ladder-rungs above the have-nots. And the number of have-nots is heart-rending. But still . . . I was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ in a neighborhood and time suited only to people with a deep tolerance–or even need–for boredom. (Boredom precludes risk and can be very soothing.) I was not one of them. Even before I had two numbers to my age‚ I would often sit at our kitchen
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Campus” Eleanor J. Bader tells a story about homeless students living on campus. Also she shows how homeless students still have enough energy to go to college. Aehsa is a twenty year old girl that attends college at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn‚ New York. Aesha and her one year old son were forced to move out of their house because her husband started to be abusive. They were forced to leave on the streets and were moved from place to place. They faced horrible conditions along the way
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Brooklyn‚ one of the five boroughs of the city of New York is the most populated one. Lit is located on the western long island. If it were an independent city‚ it would have been the fourth largest city in the United States of America. Brooklyn maintains a distinct and independent culture of its own. Most of the neighborhoods in Brooklyn are ethnic enclaves where a particular culture is dominant. Brooklyn is today‚ the third larger business district after lower and midtown Manhattan. It has an ever
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