The focus of this ethnography is to see the effects gentrification has on southern Yonkers' homeless population and in turn their effect on the community. I will conduct my project in the heart of the southern Yonkers', Getty square, where the homeless mostly reside and where the revitalization has begun. My two methods of research were observing and interviewing which will take place at, and around, the local Sharing Community. My goal for this project is to shine a light of the homeless problem in Yonkers and hear their individual story and how it is shaped by gentrification.
Dirty, lazy, eyesore: these are some thoughts that come to one's mind when they think about the homeless. By relying solely on media or single experiences, we often
Dirty, lazy, eyesore: these are some thoughts that come to one's mind when they think about the homeless. By relying solely on media or single experiences, we often