http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/05/03/fear-of-gentrification/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/05/03/fear-of-gentrification/#comment-770 schow Mon, 07 May 2007 04:25:06 +0000 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/05/03/fear-of-gentrification/#comment-770 In my neighborhood right beneath the elevated train tracks there used to be a lot of empty warehouses and people are afraid to walk near there because the street is very quiet. Over the last couple of years more stores like 99 cents stores, cell phone stores and small insurance companies opened up and the area got busier. Now the street under the elevated train track is not that scary anymore. The stores there has made it convenient for nearby residents to purchase small household items and such. The thing I wonder about is since there is already four 99 cents store within 9 blocks on the same avenue I wonder how they still manage to stay in business. In my neighborhood right beneath the elevated train tracks there used to be a lot of empty warehouses and people are afraid to walk near there because the street is very quiet. Over the last couple of years more stores like 99 cents stores, cell phone stores and small insurance companies opened up and the area got busier. Now the street under the elevated train track is not that scary anymore. The stores there has made it convenient for nearby residents to purchase small household items and such. The thing I wonder about is since there is already four 99 cents store within 9 blocks on the same avenue I wonder how they still manage to stay in business.

]]> http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/05/03/fear-of-gentrification/#comment-749 krivero Thu, 03 May 2007 19:10:35 +0000 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/05/03/fear-of-gentrification/#comment-749 It seems like gentrification is taking over Brooklyn. There are mixed feelings on this issue, we want the neighborhood to get better, but we still want to keep the original culture. How do we find the midpoint to have both? It seems like gentrification is taking over Brooklyn. There are mixed feelings on this issue, we want the neighborhood to get better, but we still want to keep the original culture. How do we find the midpoint to have both?

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