Author: Rebecca Amato

One example of tenant harassment in Williamsburg: http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/10/in-williamsburg-tenants-told-to-clear-out-for-demolition-dig-in-and-demand-repairs/

This article, a collaboration between he news organization ProPublica and the New York Daily News, highlights another way in which poor (often black and brown) people are losing their homes.  We talked briefly in class about the pressures placed on renters by landlords and management companies.  Do you think this story is also part of the […]

Excellent interactive telling the story of change on one block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.  This is based on an article that appeared in the magazine the week of November 16-22, 2015. http://nymag.com/oneblock/

These maps just came out last week and reveal both an interesting methodology for measuring the occurrence of gentrification and some surprising conclusions.  According to this measurement, a portion of Los Sures did gentrify between 2000 and 2010, but not the whole neighborhood.  What do you think about this methodology and do you think it’s accurate? […]

Here’s the not-very-definitive guide I cooked up last year.  Enjoy and let me know what you find out! Guide to Researching Buildings in NYC

Look this over.  How does Next City understand the components of gentrification?  In what ways does public policy play a part in this process?  How does it comport with your own timeline of gentrification?   50 Years of Gentrification, Next City

When we talk about gentrification, here are some of the words that come up. You’ll also see a working “timeline” that traces the process of gentrification as we imagine it now.  This is likely to change, though.  What would you add or take away?