When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditional neighborhood stores and cafés, they offer different products, and they have a different atmosphere. Longtime residents may feel uncomfortable there. Structurally, as a group of gentrifiers gets bigger, there is less room for longtime residents. When it becomes a pattern and you can see the effects, we call that displacement.
I think people like difference. When you walk out the door in New York City, in a mixed-use neighborhood like the Village, you see exciting things! "… - Sharon Zukin
I think people like difference. When you walk out the door in New York City, in a mixed-use neighborhood like the Village, you see exciting things! "…
- Sharon Zukin
When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditiona… - Sharon Zukin
When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditiona…
I think the entrepreneurial activities that make art visible and attractive are what lure people into the amusement park that SoHo has become or that… - Sharon Zukin
I think the entrepreneurial activities that make art visible and attractive are what lure people into the amusement park that SoHo has become or that…
One of the crucial underpinnings of New York as a culture capital is that there are multiple markets. There is not just one art gallery district, the… - Sharon Zukin
One of the crucial underpinnings of New York as a culture capital is that there are multiple markets. There is not just one art gallery district, the…
A lot of us New Yorkers have bought apartments or bought lofts or are struggling to do it because at least that gives you some respite from the inexo… - Sharon Zukin
A lot of us New Yorkers have bought apartments or bought lofts or are struggling to do it because at least that gives you some respite from the inexo…
No matter how many rich people call New York their home, we don't really have enough capital here to build and maintain the infrastructure that a pop… - Sharon Zukin
No matter how many rich people call New York their home, we don't really have enough capital here to build and maintain the infrastructure that a pop…
Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell in order to stay here, wh… - Sharon Zukin
Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell in order to stay here, wh…
The existing American laws we use in a pinch just do not adequately protect artists or any other group of rental tenants. For example, artist certifi… - Sharon Zukin
The existing American laws we use in a pinch just do not adequately protect artists or any other group of rental tenants. For example, artist certifi…
As a lover of New York, I hope New York remains as successful as a city, even though the very groups on whom the city depends - like artists - are no… - Sharon Zukin
As a lover of New York, I hope New York remains as successful as a city, even though the very groups on whom the city depends - like artists - are no…
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