Sentences with phrase «by gentrification as»

The district is majority - Latino and slightly more than a quarter African American, with many African Americans having left the area for the outer boroughs in past decades, driven at first by crime and then by gentrification as Harlem has become increasingly expensive.

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But gentrification in many of the city's neighborhoods has become a sore spot as single - family bungalows are replaced by high - density townhouses for younger, wealthier residents.

You can see the negative effects of gentrification in traditionally working class areas of London such as Hackney, where the demolition of estates to make way for new private housing complexes has led to some local residents on low incomes being relocated by the council to other parts of the country, away from their families and support networks.

The boards, which are appointed by the mayor, City Council and borough presidents, have criticized the rezoning plans as not providing enough housing that is affordable to the actual income levels of people in the neighborhoods and for fear that it would spark more gentrification and overcrowding.

In conversations before Malliotakis» arrival, several attendees focused on the changes being wrought by gentrification and the consequential need for affordable housing and on charter schools as their top political interests.

Don't Let Gentrification Be The Main Consequence of the Reclamation of the Bronx's Cultural Legacy It is great to see the cultural landmarks of the Bronx, such as the street jazz great Maxine Sullivan lived on, be officially recognized by -LSB-...]

The sign attempts to rename part of the borough as the Piano District, encapsulating many of the fears borough residents have about being pushed out of their neighborhoods by gentrification and rising rents.

He says he will focus on the needs of small businesses, as well as seek to redress the effects of gentrification by maintaining affordable housing, and obtain criminal justice reform, economic and environmental justice.

Richmond's ethnic organizations started to take shape in the 1990s, after its low housing prices attracted immigrants from a wide range of countries, as well as Latinos displaced by San Francisco's gentrification.

Kirk used these post-Katrina shifts — driven by an outside natural disaster rather than internal forces such as rising poverty or gentrification — to see whether changes in the concentration of people just out of prison affected reincarceration rates.

There are discussions of shifting cultural identity in a changing urban landscape, and Melonie Diaz as an activist against gentrification; however, by the end of The Cobbler this progresses into an under - explained «Gotcha!»

Trained as an architect, Matta - Clark lashed out at gentrification, economic stratification, and the physical divisions caused by capitalism in the ways that he knew best.

This has a real and negative impact on how Chinatown is perceived by non-residents, politicians and developers who view low - income communities as wastelands ripe for gentrification, real estate investment and exploitation.

By picturing decades of Brooklyn's coastal scenery, including its changing industrial and postindustrial environment, the exhibition presents dramatic panoramic vistas; spectacular aerial views; glimpses of popular recreational attractions, particularly in nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park and at Coney Island; and other scenes, including those impacted by natural or manmade forces, as well as by gentrificatioBy picturing decades of Brooklyn's coastal scenery, including its changing industrial and postindustrial environment, the exhibition presents dramatic panoramic vistas; spectacular aerial views; glimpses of popular recreational attractions, particularly in nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park and at Coney Island; and other scenes, including those impacted by natural or manmade forces, as well as by gentrificatioby natural or manmade forces, as well as by gentrificatioby gentrification.

Six artists of color use performance, photography, textiles, and more to take on stories such as modern - day gentrification in Bed - Stuy, traced through an amateur kung fu film found at the former home of a theater frequented by Reverend Al Sharpton; the Syrian refugee crisis and conflict, mixing media coverage and first - person accounts; and the actual Revolutionary War's 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, conducted by a woman of color.

The fragility of his chosen materials alludes to the temporal and ephemeral nature of «place» and «home» in today's society, sometimes more accurately identified as a sense of displacement — triggered by economics, gentrification, politics or war.

Pescador will initiate the project by trying to understand the socio - economic wealth of Santa Monica as a model for other Los Angeles neighborhoods, serving as both an aspirational image and as a source of anxiety over gentrification and displacement.

Back in New York, demonstrations led by separate groups were held outside of the Brooklyn Museum in November after a real estate developers conference — something many saw as a cause of gentrification — took place inside the institution's walls.

I am against gentrification, and this has left me constantly conflicted in my position as a gallery owner»; meanwhile, Los Angeles's Marc Foxx Gallery has closed after 23 years in operation, with a statement on their website from founder Marc Foxx and partner Rodney Nonaka - Hill expressing «deep gratitude to all the artists, institutions, curators, writers, publications, colleagues and collectors who have supported the gallery over the years»; and New York's James Cohan Gallery now represents the sculptor Josiah McElheny, whose installation Island Universe, inspired by Lobmeyr chandeliers, is currently on view at the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston.

Artists, said Jenny Dubnau, who is one of the authors of the alternative plan, need to reckon with how they are often used by real - estate interests to increase gentrification, as well as the overall expense of working in the city.

Pope.L is included in The Barnes Foundation's exhibition, Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, which features work by more than 50 international artists who have taken to the street to play detective, make fantastic maps, scavenge and shop for new materials, launch guerrilla campaigns, and make provocative spectacles of themselves to speak to issues as diverse as commodity fetishism, gentrification, gender politics, globalization, racism, and homelessness.

In the rapidly changing and gentrifying neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Martinez finds connections between the precarious foundations of home for families targeted by immigration policies and speculative real estate markets, and the physical signifiers of forced displacement and exclusion such as «gentrification fences» and border walls.

Closed Quarters Curated by Rodrigo Valenzuela Opening Reception: Wednesday July 12, 5:00 - 8:00 PM Exhibition: July 13 - September 29, 2017 Guest curated by Los Angeles -(formerly Seattle --RRB- based artist Rodrigo Valenzuela, Closed Quarters brings together video works that use the mis - en - scene of domestic environments as a site of vulnerability, especially in its relationship with privacy, gentrification, and intimacy.

It's a tension underscored by the museum's new home in the once - derelict Meatpacking district; as great as it is for showing art, the building is also a monument to gentrification.

Yet carving out an identity only in opposition to economic processes — such as gentrification, economization, precarization, valorization — determined by an external, yet all - too - close center also means, in a very subtle way, deferring to these processes.

Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie features work by more than 50 international artists who have taken to the street to play detective, make fantastic maps, scavenge and shop for new materials, launch guerrilla campaigns, and make provocative spectacles of themselves to speak to issues as diverse as commodity fetishism, gentrification, gender politics, globalization, racism, and homelessness.

There are enormous issues managing these burgeoning populations and spreading urban areas — ranging from managing garbage, sewage and water to resolving conflicts when millions of informal settlers are pressed by waves of gentrification, as my students chronicled in a Rio de Janeiro hillside settlement last spring.

Sky - high prices, throngs of tourists, and infrastructure problems have all led to to the exodus of actual Venetians, a process referred to by some as «terminal gentrification.»

Caribbeans were not accused of gentrification as gentrification is a process of renovation and revival of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of influx of more affluent residents, which results in increased property values and the displacing of lower - income families and small businesses.