“In Queens, Balking at Change, Even if It’s Called Improvement.”(NYTimes,Turkewitz) , and “From Exclusionary Covenant to Hyper-Ethnic Diversity” (Geographical Review,Miyares) by Vincent Irizarry
Gentrification is an issue that entails complications for those living within a community that is being changed. Gentrification means the process of urban renewal throughout areas within the city. Julie Turkewitz, a reporter who specializes in Latin American studies investigates a proposed Business Improvement District in the incredibly diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens. Through her article "In Queens, Balking at Change, Even if It 's Called Improvement" Turkewitz finds an ethnic enclave that fears a loss of culture if the Business District …show more content…
As for the interviews with local business owners “Roosevelt Avenue has attracted entrepreneurs from all over the world, mainly from Latin America.” (Miyares,2004,p.460), Miyares will discuss the policies that have allowed this, and the history behind the development of the area. Jackson Heights was created “for middle, and upper-middle class white families desiring to move out of Manhattan without leaving the city.” (Miyares, 2004,p.462) The area was not intended to be diverse or “authentic” as Leni Juca describes. The area was to mimic “ Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ which utilized politics, and geography of city’s emerging mass transit infrastructure.” (Miyares,2004,p.463) As discussed in lecture with the NYTimes Middle Class in Manhattan article it is hard to raise a family even with the income in such a confined space as Manhattan, also discussed that even in a place such as NY the most elite of people will take mass transit. The developer MacDougal realized this concept way before it was widely spoken about in mass media, and was able to bank on this concept creating “well to do …show more content…
“Beginning in the 1960s apartments were filled by “white-Europeans, and white-South Americans, Indian immigrants began occupying apartments. The neighborhood was still unwelcoming to blacks who would settle in East Elmhurst.” (Miyares,2004,p.476) The changes in the neighborhood happened within increments, yet at a fast pace. By the 1990s one could witness “sections of Roosevelt Avenue are transformed into a Latin American city. Because both residential, and entrepreneurial populations are so diverse, the scene does not take on the characteristics of any particular city.” (Miyares, p.476,2004) This is a theme that is highly supported in Turkewitz article, especially through the interview with Leni Juca. There is a fear of losing the warmth that each specific sub-culture offers. Leni Juca is not afraid of losing his storefront to just an American corporation but there is a fear of forced Americanization, print shops such as his own may be replaced by fed-ex kinkos, or will bodegas be replaced by Trader Joes. Jucas fear shows the hardship of preserving culture in a new
Gentrification is an issue that entails complications for those living within a community that is being changed. Gentrification means the process of urban renewal throughout areas within the city. Julie Turkewitz, a reporter who specializes in Latin American studies investigates a proposed Business Improvement District in the incredibly diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens. Through her article "In Queens, Balking at Change, Even if It 's Called Improvement" Turkewitz finds an ethnic enclave that fears a loss of culture if the Business District …show more content…
As for the interviews with local business owners “Roosevelt Avenue has attracted entrepreneurs from all over the world, mainly from Latin America.” (Miyares,2004,p.460), Miyares will discuss the policies that have allowed this, and the history behind the development of the area. Jackson Heights was created “for middle, and upper-middle class white families desiring to move out of Manhattan without leaving the city.” (Miyares, 2004,p.462) The area was not intended to be diverse or “authentic” as Leni Juca describes. The area was to mimic “ Ebenezer Howard’s ‘Garden City’ which utilized politics, and geography of city’s emerging mass transit infrastructure.” (Miyares,2004,p.463) As discussed in lecture with the NYTimes Middle Class in Manhattan article it is hard to raise a family even with the income in such a confined space as Manhattan, also discussed that even in a place such as NY the most elite of people will take mass transit. The developer MacDougal realized this concept way before it was widely spoken about in mass media, and was able to bank on this concept creating “well to do …show more content…
“Beginning in the 1960s apartments were filled by “white-Europeans, and white-South Americans, Indian immigrants began occupying apartments. The neighborhood was still unwelcoming to blacks who would settle in East Elmhurst.” (Miyares,2004,p.476) The changes in the neighborhood happened within increments, yet at a fast pace. By the 1990s one could witness “sections of Roosevelt Avenue are transformed into a Latin American city. Because both residential, and entrepreneurial populations are so diverse, the scene does not take on the characteristics of any particular city.” (Miyares, p.476,2004) This is a theme that is highly supported in Turkewitz article, especially through the interview with Leni Juca. There is a fear of losing the warmth that each specific sub-culture offers. Leni Juca is not afraid of losing his storefront to just an American corporation but there is a fear of forced Americanization, print shops such as his own may be replaced by fed-ex kinkos, or will bodegas be replaced by Trader Joes. Jucas fear shows the hardship of preserving culture in a new