Part 1
After reading short articles and watching video clips about gentrification answer the following:
Is gentrification good or bad? Does gentrification trickle down to help everyone? Who are the winners and who are the losers? Apply these questions to a neighborhood in New York City undergoing gentrification.
Is it possible to improve a neighborhood without fostering gentrification, displacement, and inequality?
2.watch the PBS video in which Richard Florida discusses the New Urban Crisis.
According to Florida how has the urban revival turned into a crisis of success?
According to Florida, how can urban governments slow down gentrification and create affordable housing? Do you agree with this strategy? Why or why not.
Has the pandemic changed things?
Is Self- gentrification a good form of gentrification? Why or why not? Is Majora Carter helping or harming her neighborhood? Explain.
Tom Angotti says “I think ‘self-gentrification’ is a silly term mostly used to justify gentrification by original residents who cover up the negative aspects and displacement of other original residents.” Do you agree with him? Explain why or why not.
How has the pandemic impacted the crisis of gentrification in New York City
videos
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-new-urban-crisis-crisis-capitalism-writ-large
https://www.planetizen.com/node/92831/gentrification-better-and-worse
https://medium.com/@dominicarenas/dont-move-improve-self-gentrification-in-the-south-bronx-f4056e9fb643
Part 2 -What is the Green New Deal? Read “A green new deal for housing by Daniel Aldana Cohen and answer the following- What is the relationship between environmental justice, the housing affordability crisis, and climate change?
What would a green new deal for NYCHA look like? Would it help alleviate the city’s housing crisis and gentrification?
videos
Part 3
Watch 3 videos “unpacking industry city”, Industry City plan scrapped,” and ” Proposal to Reactivate Port for a Wind Turbine Plant, ” read some short articles Proposal To Reactivate Brooklyn Port For A Wind Turbines PlantProposal To Reactivate Brooklyn Port For A Wind Turbines PlantProposal To Reactivate Brooklyn Port For A Wind Turbines Pl
and answer the following:
Do you think the scrapping of the Industry City rezoning plan was a good or bad thing? Explain?
Do you think the plan would have accelerated gentrification?
Do you think using the waterfront near Industry City for wind turbine jobs is better than the Industry City plan? Why or why not?
Do you think a “just transition” is possible for Sunset Park? Why or Why not
videos:
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/environment/2020/11/20/proposal-to-reactivate-brooklyn-port-for-a-wind-turbines-plant#
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