Gentrification

Gentrification is adding to inequalities and misfortunes within Bay Area communities. Gentrification is the purchasing of deteriorated urban areas and renovating by higher-end and middle class communities. An abundance of high-end communities come into the Bay Area and purchase up the real estate. Incoming middle and higher class take the Bay Area real estate and revitalise it into up-and-coming neighborhoods. The Bay Area residents, who have been living there for decades, are being pushed out…

Essay 3 Gentrification is the process of renewing deteriorated neighborhoods to benefit the wealthy individuals while displacing those with poor socioeconomic residents, which results in increased property values and the displacing of impoverished families and small businesses. While the media might not directly contribute to gentrification, the media is undoubtedly a significant aspect of modern day society that influences people 's perspective on whether gentrification is a positive or…

for gentrification in the South Bronx by and “The SoHo Effect” by Roman Mars. They both talk about gentrification and how it affects permanent residents. Gentrification is used to describe the arrival of wealthier people to an urban district, which relates to increase in rents and property values, and changes in the district character and culture. Gentrification is often used negatively because it has often led to displacement of the poor and establishment of the rich. However, gentrification…

Toronto is the commercial, cultural and financial center of Canada and is recognized as a prominent and influential global city. Therefore, Toronto is constantly changing to best adapt to both domestic and international trends. In recent years, there has been a boom in condominium development in the city of Toronto with, “sales increasing by 21.2% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of the previous year” (Vital signs, 2016). With the increasing number of condominium…

underwent a serious expansion after the discovery of gold in the local area. The expansion of the area has made Vancouver a recognizable city across the country. As time has passed, the historical, old fashioned, city of Vancouver has been undergoing gentrification, which is the process of taking low-class areas and renovating them to be suitable for the middle-class lifestyle. As Vancouver has recently been going through this process and there are opinions as to whether it’s a positive or…

Flag Wars, chronicles the gentrification of Olde Towne East, a downtown, urban Columbus, Ohio neighborhood. In the 1990’s several of Olde Towne’s rundown and at times abandoned properties became viewed as desirable real-estate to cash-flushed…

The Mitchell Crispell presentation helped me further understand the impact of Gentrification as it relates to the Bay Area and my community in Oakland, CA. i.e., the go-to topics of conversation at my neighborhood community meetings are always gentrification and the rising cost of housing in the Bay Area. In the Bay area, housing Rents and Housing prices are up. We're all paying more, and it seems no one is immune to rising housing prices as they aren't only increasing in San Francisco anymore.…

investment. According the PEW Trust, Philadelphia already have a number of policies and programs in place that are relevant to the changes taking place in gentrified neighborhoods. There are numerous strategies and ideas on the table to address gentrification in Philadelphia. The three attainable goals to end displacement of low income residents and increase affordable public housing are: (1) implementing regulatory and policy fixes, (2) gaining control of public and private property assets,…

Changes in the Park Slope Neighborhood Research Question: What are some long-term effects the changes in the commercially centralized area of Park Slope, specifically 5th and 7th ave, have on its residents? How do these effects change the overall view one has on their own neighborhood compared to what outsiders believe? Research Proposal: Long-term effects in Park Slope differ when looking from the view of one resident to the next. Growing up and adapting to the changes is different when it…

not unified in their advocacy, with different community organizations representing each group of residents. Hearing about NAG and the other community based organizations made me want to reach out to the NAG and understand their perspective on gentrification in…