Closing Bell: Gentrification Indicators
Over on Nostrand Park, they’re trying to put together a list of indicators that your neighborhoods being gentrified. The author suggests three (including coffee shops and blogs) and luckily no one’s mentioned flea markets yet. Other suggestions? Photo by rymerster
Over on Nostrand Park, they’re trying to put together a list of indicators that your neighborhoods being gentrified. The author suggests three (including coffee shops and blogs) and luckily no one’s mentioned flea markets yet. Other suggestions?
Photo by rymerster
The Chinese restaurants remove the bullet proof glass dividing the cashier and the customers.
“we live in brooklyn… not afganistan! i cant for the life of me imagine there has ever been a neighborhood anywhere in nyc where there hasnt been a baker, dry cleaner, and a place to get unsour milk. was it that bad at one time? if it was that is horrible.
*rob*”
Rob you complain about gentrifcation and then you pull out this stupid shit? Are you fucking stupid?
here are some photos from the bronx int he 80’s
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153781
here are some photos from harlem in the late 80’s
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=149448
bakery and dry cleaners? you were lucky enough to not get stabbed by a tweaker.
mmm chinese food. i’m hungry.
The Chinese restaurants offer something that actually resembles good Chinese food.
Chinese restaurants and drug dealers offer delivery instead of just take out.
“Until such point that the derision increases again (see Park Slope Effect).”
Or when people joke that one is more likely to be hurt by a cane than a knife (see Brooklyn Heights Effect).
levels of gentrification is an interesting point. i think even within carroll gardens there are some areas more gentrified than others, but there are still tons of working class families in the neighborhood.
don’t forget to vote! i just got smacked down by a bunch of NJ colleagues that are voting for chris christie. yuk. i guess neither option is really appealing though.
and yes Stella is a beer made in Belgium. Just because a cheese is made in Wisconsin doesn’t mean its awesome cheese.
Posted by: Santa at November 3, 2009 5:01 PM
Iwasn’t saying it was awesome. I was aking why you equate it with “guidos.”
Besides, there isn’t any awesome chees made in Wisconsin so I think your logic is all f&*&ked up anyway.
Chinese restaurants and drug dealers offer delivery instead of just take out.