GENTRIFICATION IN “BRICK CITY” ***N E W A R K*** Originally‚ the term gentrification was invented to describe the residential movement of middle-class people into the low-income areas of London. (Zukin‚ 131). I understand gentrification to be a plan that focuses on developing urban renewal plans and projects to help uplift and restore low-income urban areas. This is all done in hopes to attract wealthier residents in order to boost the economy of the neighborhood or city. It has been debated that
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Gentrification is not Beneficial to Established Residents Growing up in East Austin‚ one would be accustomed to seeing rundown neighborhoods inhabited mostly by African American and Hispanic working-class families. In the past few years though‚ the view has drastically changed. Now brightly colored two-story homes housing affluent Caucasian families occupy the once dilapidated areas. The previously desolated lots are now the future sites of lofts and condominiums. The recent changes in East Austin
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Analyzing Gentrification Through the Lenses Analyzing Gentrification Through the Lenses Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College‚ Peter Kwong once said‚ “Living in this gentrification environment is much more difficult for residents. Actually‚ what they’re doing is killing the indigenous culture.” This process of gentrification that Kwong is referring to is defined as the purchasing and renovating of low-priced properties‚ usually by higher income individuals‚ in often deteriorated
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community that was brought to my attention while I was doing my sociological research that has drastically changed within the last few years is Bedford–Stuyvesant. A big factor that has lead to this historical community undergoing change is Gentrification. Gentrification has had many positive affects on Bedford–Stuyvesant and has also taken a few negative tolls to this community as well. Bedford-Stuyvesant was exclaimed to be in the top-25 fastest-gentrifying neighborhoods according to Census data. This
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buildings‚ constructing new‚ up-to-date housing‚ or adding in features like a theater or stadium. Urban renewal is usually undergone for the purposes of persuading wealthier individuals to come live in that area. Urban renewal is often part of the gentrification process (Business Dictionary). This idea sound very nice and appealing but how is this affecting everyone else who can’t afford the nicer things in life? When a city has been approved for this renewal process many homes and communities of the
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Gentrification Gentrification is the rehabilitation/renewal of a deteriorated neighbourhood by new residents who are wealthier than the long-time residents. This can cause an increase in house prices and lead to the displacement of the long-time residents. It is often small scale and incremental‚ usually instigated by individual people and is often accompanied by landscape and street furniture improvements. An example of Gentrification is that of Notting Hill. Although the place is now a bustling
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Introduction In neighborhoods undergoing gentrification‚ affluent “in-movers” bring with them “new housing investment‚ cultural and retail services‚ and improvements in infrastructure. Both higher rents and housing values‚ however‚ accompany these changes.” (Institute for Children and Poverty 2009: 1). These rapidly rising rents make the possibility of being “priced out” of the neighborhood a very real concern of those already living in gentrified communities. The closure of safety nets – such as
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1 Gentrification J.E. Philpot Bowie State University December 2012 2 Part I Defining Gentrification as a Social Issue 3 Gentrification by definition is the development and redistribution of economic wealth in a community or defined area that uplifts the average household value‚ possibly causing unwanted displacement (Kennedy & Leonard‚ 2001). Some economist would define the poor as being displaced‚ but this process does not solely affect lower-wage
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Throughout the course of time‚ the contraction of Levittown reshaped the land of suburbia. Before Levittown even existed‚ people have been appealed to the characters of living beyond the noise‚ pollution‚ overcrowding and disease of the city‚ while still close enough to enjoy the benefits of its industrial and cultural vitality. After World War II‚ suburbia conjures visions of traditional family life‚ idyllic domesticity and stability. In 1947‚ as more houses within this planned community of Levittown
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Impacts of Urban Renewal on Pyrmont‚ Sydney. Urban Renewal- The redevelopment of an urban area. INTRO Since 1992‚ the 100-hectare peninsula of Pyrmont-Ultimo has been the subject of major master-planning‚ intensive infrastructure and property development that is expected to result in the residential population increasing from 3‚000 originally to 20‚000 by 2021. The Ultimo-Pyrmont re-development is part of a government-led Urban renewal program (now administered by the Sydney Harbour
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