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Boerum Hill: A Cautionary Tale in Exercising ‘Right to the City’

June 20, 2018

            Since Right to the City is a national organization and much of my research this summer deals more with addressing abstract concepts as defined by a multitude of local groups, it’s a little tricky for me to whittle the historical context of my work to a specific place. Instead, I’ll focus on Boerum Hill,…

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Filed Under: Week, Week 2 Tagged With: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, displacement, gentrification, New York City, Right to the City

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Another photo from the #Beltline4All action
Another photo from the #Beltline4All action
Polygons representing the HOLC's 1937 Baltimore Housing Security (redlining) map placed over the 2018 vacancy heatmap
Polygons representing the HOLC’s 1937 Baltimore Housing Security (redlining) map placed over the 2018 vacancy heatmap
Rooftop with garden and tables
Rooftop of Right to the City’s office
Themes of Active/Future campaigns being run by HFA member groups based on their city/information collected in HFA member census. Coral is Building-Based Justice, teal is Community Control, yellow is Renters' Rights, pink is Development Without Displacement, Orange is Discrimination in Housing, green is Just Cause Eviction, blue is Rent Control, tangerine is Right to Counsel, and purple is Tenant Unions. Important to note that approximately 40 groups out of HFA's 100+ member group network filled out the member census.
Themes of Active/Future campaigns being run by HFA member groups based on their city/information collected in HFA member census. Coral is Building-Based Justice, teal is Community Control, yellow is Renters’ Rights, pink is Development Without Displacement, Orange is Discrimination in Housing, green is Just Cause Eviction, blue is Rent Control, tangerine is Right to Counsel, and purple is Tenant Unions. Important to note that approximately 40 groups out of HFA’s 100+ member group network filled out the member census.

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