Gentrification in Harlem (Sources)

      Mayor Bill De Blasio pushes to rezone East Harlem by building more highrises to house low income tenants. If 1000-1500 dollars a month is low income then it won't help our neighborhood it will only push out the people living in it. Recently they opened up a whole foods on the corner of west 125th street on lenox avenue. Though it's bringing good food and diversity to the area, people can't afford the food. When you think about whole foods locations, they are mostly located downtown where poverty is much less thus it's treated as a regular supermarket to the people in that area. Little things like this add on to the process of gentrification, If the area is more of an attract for people with higher wages but does not benefit low wage residents, its indirectly pushing us to the side for the people with money. With more financially stable people brings more money and more money brings property increases. With property rent on the rise, Harlem’s residents can’t afforded the outrageous prices so people are losing their homes and businesses. Although they’re more white people than usual in the area, race isn’t our main focus. Yes once a different race settles down in an area their cultural beliefs follow and it may clash with the already molded atmosphere, gentrification is more about rich vs poor but is often looked passed because minorities(african americans and latinos) are getting pushed out of their neighborhoods and it seems as if they are getting replaced by white people. All of my sources listed below are actual articles in newspapers and magazines what draws me out the most is these are things that are happening in my neighborhood right now and i can see the changes with my own two eyes. I feel that if i’m living the exact or almost exact life of what the author is describing, that’s what really makes these sources reliable.


Work cited

Adams, Henry Michael. “The End Of Black Harlem” . The New York Times. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-black-harlem.amp.html web 27 May, 2016.

Bonanos, Christopher. “From Alligator Shoes to Whole Foods: Watching One Harlem Corner Over 28 Years” New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/harlem-gentrification-whole-foods-vanishing-new-york.html. Web 13 July, 2017.

“East Harlem Residents Claim De Blasio’s Rezoning Plan Promotes Gentrification”. CBS New York. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/09/29/east-harlem-residents-claim-de-blasios-rezoning-plan-promotes-gentrification/ web 29 September, 2017