Gentrification Essay

The Development of Downtown San Diego My beautiful hometown of San Diego California has seen great development and revitalization in its downtown district in the past few decades. The city of San Diego now serves as the eighth largest city and the seventeenth largest metropolitan area in the United States of America. As a growing region, San Diego has revitalized and developed its Downtown into a dynamic business center, with vibrant night life scene, and some of the most desirable real estate

Whenever one hears of segregation, they tend to write it off as a relic of the past. The Emancipation Proclamation as well as Civil Rights reforms further solidify this idea for many Americans that race relations have finally abated, and blacks and whites are equal. However for most minorities, segregation is still prevalent in everyday society in areas one least expects it. This is the case in New York City. One presumes that New York City - a sanctuary city that is deeply rooted in libertarianism

Society will not be at peace as long as its inferior members do not have the same, equal rights as the superior ones. Minority groups not only want to be tolerated but also recognized. What I mean by recognition is an acknowledgment of the differences among people that, nonetheless, ought to be respected. If the dominant members of society merely neglect minorities, they will attempt to assert themselves in an oppressive environment. Therefore, minorities need attention. If there is a lack of attention

1. A Man Called Ove, Frederik Backman, 2012 At first glance, Ove is a stereotypical grouchy old man, but as the story progresses it becomes evident, through his numerous interactions with his “moron[ic]” neighbors, that Ove is a mench (18). Early on, Ove’s relationship with Sonja, his dead wife, isn’t made clear, but through, what I think is very unique, Backman’s continual flipping back and forth between current and past event, Ove and Sonja’s love story is fully revealed. By having chapters that

in apartment building that charges its tenant $3,000 per month? The same way that most old timer residents of the neighborhood are staying; by staying in rent stabilized apartments. Rent stabilized apartments are the new temporarily solution to gentrification. As Megan Carpenter pointed out in her article titled “The last battle for Brooklyn, America's most unaffordable place to buy a home” it’s the only reason why the demographics hasn’t changed completely. Tenants like my family and our neighbors

On May 3rd when I visited the site where the Norman Blumberg Housing Project once stood, the air was hauntingly peaceful. I had read about the notoriety of the site during my research, how over its existence it had become an area of concentrated poverty and crime, but on this day this urban setting was quiet and calm. On the two square city blocks where a complex of apartment buildings once ruled the landscape, only a single high-rise remained among the unchecked wild grass. However, even in the

1209 DeKalb is one of many new construction buildings that have opened within the past decade and contributed to the ongoing gentrification of Bushwick. Looking at the rental data provided by StreetEasy there seems to be an upward trend in pricing. Although a select number of floorplans have had its fair share of mix results, the overall building has been flourishing. The rental prices have adopted the same trends as the borough of Brooklyn overall. As of 2016, the rental prices for one bedroom

This causes even more issues because many of these displaced low-income inhabitants lost easy access to their inner city jobs and are forced into poverty. “It was capital that moved in, but not necessarily higher-income families,” said Davis in an interview with the Harvard Political Review. Housing stock has become less available, both low-income and middle-income residents have been either put at risk or have experienced displacement in neighborhoods. Middle-income residents are newly vulnerable

I was extra excited for this class because one, I have never been to Chelsea and the Village and two, we were going to the High Line! I have always heard nice things about Chelsea and the Village from my friends and family members. There is even a restaurant called Sugar Factory that in that neighborhood that I wanted to try once I turn 21 because they have huge fish bowl drinks there, as well as good food. I was also excited for today to be able to see all the different types of galleries in Chelsea

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Perhaps these words written on Lady Liberty first inspired the creation of so called “sanctuary cities” in the United States. Sanctuary cities began in the 80’s as a network of churches and religious congregations that provided safe housing for refugees. Today, sanctuary cities have transformed from a small scale network to a larger social movement to fight xenophobia and bring the possibility of a normal life for undocumented