BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Rachel Murray, a lifelong Brooklyn resident living between Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO, is feeling the impact of gentrification firsthand. “I think it’s unfair,” she says, ...
Gentrification. Other people’s parenting. What more kvetch-worthy topics could a Brooklynite ask for? This week, a Next City article brought them together in a novel way, claiming that Park Slope ...
Author and practicing psychoanalyst Jeremiah Moss maintains a blog called “Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York” where he chronicles the shuttering of popular small businesses in rapidly gentrifying areas of ...
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Dozens of Brooklynites gathered Tuesday at The Bushwick Starr, a community arts center in Bushwick, for a panel discussion with several influential nightlife professionals. The gathering, dubbed ...
That’s the take of the president of the Harlem Tenants Council, quoted in a New America Media story titled “Gentrification Pushing African Americans Out of Cities ...
It's hypocrisy to speak of equity and advocacy yet remain silent about the changes within that privilege affluent communities ...
I find “displacement” to be a much more useful term for describing the negative side of gentrification. Nonetheless, I don’t think gentrification has lost its meaning or should be jettisoned from the ...
On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of churches, the muffled sounds of choir singers, hand‑claps and Hammond organs can be heard from the sidewalks. The borough still has a church on ...
This morning on my way to work, I walked a few blocks through Downtown Brooklyn. On the surface, it looked the same as it always had — bustling and gritty — but I saw it differently. I noticed the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Rachel Murray, a ...
As gentrification, declining attendance and pandemic-era shifts reshape Brooklyn’s Black churches, choirs work to preserve music traditions. On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of ...