transformation that San Francisco underwent in the 1990s was the result of rapid gentrification. At one point in time gentrification was equated to “urban rebirth” or “urban pioneers that pushed for “moving back into the city” (Lees 2000). Nowadays gentrification is more closely related to destructive synonyms such as “urban guerrillas” and “class warfare”. This may be due to the fact that that actual process of gentrification causes a sharp distinction between the poor and working class
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Gentrification of Class Warfare in East Harlem Outline Topic: Gentrification of Class Warfare in East Harlem There has been a tremendous change in East Harlem between class warfare and gentrification. East Harlem is one more economic factor to the city’s wealth per capita since the attack of September 11‚ 2000. It is Manhattan’s last remaining development and it is on the agenda of the tax revenue of our government. East Harlem has become a profit driven capitalism. Gentrification enforces
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The topic of my project is gentrification in Wicker Park and Humboldt Park. In my video I show how the remodeling of these neighborhoods causes a negative effect on those that live there. Usually development projects are meant to beautify and make neighborhoods a better place to live; though‚ this only causing more problems by raising nearby housing prices‚ and making many unable to afford their homes. I chose to do my project on gentrification because in it came up in multiple class discussions
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........................................................................ NEW TENSIONS............................................................................................................................................. GENTRIFICATION POLICY EVOLVES................................................................................................... CHANGES IN THE HOUSING MARKET...........................................................................................
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Racial Discrimination The United State of America is a multicultural nation‚ considered as a nation of immigrants. Today in America‚ there are many who assume that discrimination does not exist and there are many who think we have solved our discrimination problems. Nevertheless‚ it never vanished but actually increased post 9/11. There are many factors influencing the people to be racist or prejudiced and it is normal behavior for the people to have a tendency to prefer their own race and religion
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TITLE An Anti-Gentrification Tour Of The South Mission LEAD PARAGRAPH One of San Francisco’s most unique neighborhoods is the Mission District‚ which describes the area surrounding the Spanish Mission of San Francisco in the late 1800s. Prior to Spanish colonization‚ the area was inhabited by Native American people who the Spanish missionaries were meant to "civilize." Since then‚ it has been an immigrant and minority neighborhood‚ first welcoming German and Irish before and after the 1906 earthquake
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Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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as development continues and property values rise‚ gentrification will become an issue for community residents. This has been an area where they have found a home and space of cultural and political empowerment‚ at the same time as being subject to very high levels of poverty‚ ill-health and unemployment. It is thus no surprise that the gentrification of Harlem over the last couple of decades has been highly contentious and contested. Gentrification is never a neutral process. Much of the academic
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In Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans‚ Matt Sakakeeny illustrates the everyday life of the brass band musicians in New Orleans and presents a series of issues in full details. Power dynamics become a major theme in Sakakeeny’s ethnography. Violence‚ as a way of using forces and creating destruction‚ demonstrates such power dynamics. More specifically‚ the interpersonal and structural violence are characterized by forced reconstruction of the community‚ local law and restrictions
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children (Mabrey). To better their lives‚ the local government of Chicago put a policy of gentrification into effect; to raze the old buildings‚ and build new upper middle class condos with a reduced rent for the prior residents seems to benefit many‚ but this is not always the case. In the article in the Chicago Tribune‚ Walter Burnett is faced with inner turmoil and conflicts on the issue of gentrification. He has a unique view on the issue‚ because he grew up in Cabrini yet not as a politician
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