Tag: gentrification
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Haircut for Not an Alternative
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/11/carroll-gardens-barbershop-opening-burg-location/
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No Longer an Alternative
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/08/31/williamsburg-art-space-not-an-alternative-priced-out-of-havemeyer-street-home
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Williamsburg, Rocked
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/nyregion/gentrification-brings-discord-to-williamsburg-brooklyn.html
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For Williamsburg Renters, Look But Don’t Swim
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/nyregion/brooklyn-neighbors-share-landlord-but-not-amenities.html
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PS 84 Revisited
I am way behind on a lot of things, but high on the list is linking to this excellent Capital NY piece on the past and future of P.S. 84. Written by Greg Hanlon (an article Matt Chaban called the “first good article [he’s] read about gentrification in a while“. It covers old ground –…
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Williamsburg To Go Dry?
On Tuesday, the Executive Committee of CB1 Brooklyn voted unanimously to institute a moratorium on new liquor licenses in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and the rest of North Brooklyn. The vote was a response to what the leaders of CB1 see as an over saturation of liquor licenses in the area. The Board’s Public Safety Committee, which…
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Williamsburg, It Is Like Rock ’n’ Roll for Kids
Well this is sure to fan the Williamsburg-is-dead flames into a full-fledged bonfire of the inanities. Yes, the NY Times (the paper of record, whose discovery of Brooklyn clearly is not letting up) has anointed Williamsburg safe for children. Through his living-room window, Mr. Signer can see the Domino Sugar factory and the Williamsburg Bridge,…