Shop Owners Of A New York

In the constantly changing economy of cities, the growth of city housing is oftentimes neglected. In “Cities Mobilize to Help Those Threatened by Gentrification” Timothy Williams recounts how gentrification has evolved over the years. Mentioning how cities have changed in order to appease the younger professionals, Williams shows how the city itself is in jeopardy due to the tax increases. Slowly loosing their faithful residents as well as historic culture cities face a big deal. Williams gives quotes from faithful residents, “…long time homeowners are victims of the success story”, (Williams 346). In “Cities Mobilize to Help Those Threatened by Gentrification”, Williams uses his credible quotes and modern statistics to generate the reader’s emotions, with desire to change how city officials go about gentrification in culturally infused cities.

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 capitalism, it does not separate people, it does not go against race, poor and the working class, it wages war on the poor and the working-class.

“I took a trip to Oakland, California and fell in love with the area. We stayed at an Air B&B for the three days of our stay and the house was absolutely beautiful, it looked like my dream home. Despite all the glitz and glamour around us we noticed a large amount of homelessness compared to Columbus. We found out that this property is not someone’s home but a house used strictly as an Air B&B. When you hear something like that and see the amount of homelessness it makes you wonder how many of these homes are strictly for show? So after researching I found out, the reason for the rampant homelessness can be attributed to large increases in rent. Even worse, the cause for the increase is due to Silicon Valley” (Kasongo, 2017). Unfortunately, rent increasing virtually overnight is the reality of many low-income families. This situation is called gentrification and is felt throughout the world, from the Midwest, East coast or even Western Europe, no region is immune to this process. Gentrification in the Midwest is extensive and wide causing the displacement of many low-income minority residents which can lead to even bigger issues.

The process through which gentrification is carried out is very intricately planned. Drugs, prostitution, and violence usually play the most important role in the process of gentrification. When neighborhoods are infested by crime of any sort, the first thing that happens is the immediate decline in property value in areas like Guilford and Park Heights (“The Mortgage Bubble Invades Baltimore”). The home owning taxpayers in Baltimore City are usually blue collar workers who are just trying to make ends meet, and because of their income restrictions many of these citizens are forced to live in areas of high crime. Generally people only live in these areas if they have to, so when a developer comes along and offers to buy citizens homes at a price that the citizens at the time considers to be extremely profitable in their neighborhood, they usually take the money and run without carefully considering that the offer that they have accepted is much less profitable than what the developers have planned (“City’s East side Renaissance Spreads”). We

Gentrification is a major reason for the increase in rent prices throughout New York City. Harlem rent prices have gone up over the past years because of new condominiums and businesses that are being built in neighborhoods. The displacement of residents leads to an increase of people becoming homeless in the city. According to the author, Ivan Pereira, “Harlem saw a 9.4 % average rent price increase during that same period from $2,191 last year to $ 2,397 in January” (Pereira 1). The change causes longtime residents to move out because of a variety of factors including unaffordability, pressure from property owners, diminishing or lack of stores that cater to them and many more. The more condominiums and business’s being built makes living

It is no secret that homelessness is quickly becoming an epidemic in the United States, but the homeless population is not one secular demographic. For every person in the US living on the street, there is a unique story of how they got there; nonetheless, that is not to say that many of these stories are without some commonalities. Along with homelessness, there is another issue plaguing American cities, but this issue is much more covert, and exists under a guise of improvements like fancy apartments and trendy restaurants. Gentrification is defined as “the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste” (Erikson); but what that definition fails to mention is the discourse it has on the

Davidson begins his article with arguably one of the most notable and recent subjects of gentrification, 1520 Sedgwick, the birthplace of Hip-Hop. This dilapidated apartment building’s owners “announced they planned to leave New York State’s Mitchell-Lama programe” (pg. 2), which would result in the current residents evictions. Essentially the program offered tax incentives to building owners who limit equity to maintain low cost units. However, in lieu of tax incentives many building owners have elected to leave the program in order to make more profit via higher costing units, which current residents cannot afford. In the case of 1520 Sedgwick current and former residents, such as the credited father of Hip-Hop Kool Herc, have veiled their mission to prevent the gentrification process from consuming their building by petitioning for a historic listing as well as offering to

High rent is a problem that many New Yorker’s have to face, just like me, they’re millions of people living in the city force to give up more than half of their paycheck every month. Taking that in consideration if we combine others bills like gas, electricity, food shopping and other expenses we can say that most of us work just to pay the bills. I understand that landowner and companies only purpose is to make money at any cause when they raise the prices to a ridiculous amount they don’t see people giving up more than 50% of their salaries. All they see is money because at the end of the day that’s what everything is about for them. The city of new York without of doubt is the greatest place on earth but that does not mean

A portion of Brooklyn that still remains true to its character as gentrification continues to seep down the blocks of New York like a white blood from its head in Williamsburg. I don’t know if gentrification will make it to Brownsville, but still to this day, Brownsville has the highest concentration of Low-Income housing developments in NYC. As Bedstuy, Bushwick, and many other neighborhoods across Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, have suffered from gentrification, Brownsville still seems to remain true to the people who have called it their home for almost 100 years. The reason for this may be because of this high concentration of housing projects, as “gentrification” has developed in the low rent prices and realestate prices of the New York “hoods,” these “new

If Uber were to transition to working in Oakland 2000 or 3000 of its employees would be transferred to the office building, causing roughly the same amount of people to be looking for housing in the area. Thus, with the competition for housing there will be an increase in property values, However Uber reshaped their plan so that only a few hundred of their employees would be transferred. With their new plan, they would “rent out some of the 380,000 square feet of premium office space [and] will make room for other businesses and nonprofits grappling with the tightening commercial real estate market” (Document D). The amount of rent these small businesses will have to pay is unknown, although the idea is that Uber will help out the smaller businesses is to combat the already high prices in the area. Therefore, the idea of rising rents throughout these periods in the Bay Area remains the same, but dealing with the problem is

Although its long played second fiddle to Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn is one of the hottest office markets in the New York metropolitan area – and with good reason! The neighborhood has much to offer prospective tenants, including affordable rents and an excellent transportation infrastructure. For companies seeking a more affordable alternative to Midtown and Lower Manhattan that’s fairly easy to get to, Downtown Brooklyn is hard to beat. A 2004 rezoning by the Bloomberg Administration has also helped to usher in a wave of new developments throughout the neighborhood. Anchored by MetroTech Center, the area is home to a thriving economy based on technology, creative services, finance, government and educational services.

Online stores are growing in popularity and drawing attention. Because of this, other retail stores are losing that attention and business. Some major stores include Sears, Radio Shack, JCPenney, Macy’s, Payless ShoeSource, Dillards and more. These are called brick-and-mortar stores. According to www.merriam-webster.com the definition of a brick-and-mortar store is, “a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business” (Brick-and-mortar, n.d.). “It’s possible more than 8,600 brick-and-mortar stores will close their doors in 2017 (…) JCPenney announced plans to shutter 138 stores by July, Payless ShoeSource is closing hundreds of stores, and Macy's said it's shutting down 68 locations” (Wattles, 2017). What a shame to lose these resources and businesses, especially for those who support and appreciate the local retail option.

Gentrification is a problem that is occurring in many communities. The city of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles is one of the communities that the citizens of the community are notice new apartments build, galleries owner by rich people, and high prices for apartment the people are not able to afford to live there. Because the renewal of neighborhood environments that transform and attract middle and upper-class households and investors, creating problems for those who cannot afford rises of rents. According to O’Regan, “some of the biggest concerns about gentrification-potential displacement and increased rent burdens-are driven by rent or housing cost increases” (152). The only way to

Moreover, once purchased, the cost of these run down houses do not match the cost of these now refined high-rise apartments. In fact, raising the property taxes on these gentrified properties only succeeds in the lower classes no longer affording to live. To this end, is the consequence of gentrification. “Housing demolition, ownership conversion of rental units to condominium status, increased housing costs, (rent, taxes, and/or maintenance and upkeep costs passed onto the tenant), landlord harassment, and evictions are generally the reasons for direct displacement in a gentrifying neighborhood” (Chum 2015:1084). There is no other option but to sell as they can no longer afford the property taxes in their old community. In effect, a simple

Corporations are taking over the urban landscape. In previous years, many upper and middle class families fled to the suburbs to escape the everyday hustle of city life. However, in recent years, city living has become glamorized and thus the movement back into the city has increased. Once blighted inner-city neighborhoods are being taken over and revitalized by corporate leaders in hopes to redesign and yuppify these areas. As more money is put into the area, the higher the market value goes up and as a result, many local residents can no longer afford to live there. While these residents are pushed out, a more ‘desirable’ group of residents move in and thus, take over. This process, known as gentrification, is occurring in many cities all across the nation. In the past, displaced residents could possibly move to another area that was not undergoing this process. However, as we are seeing in Chicago, it is nearing impossibility to move to an area within the city that will not