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more about #gentrification more comments → raincoaster: I don't actually know what a bodega is, but I'm firmly on the side of the place with the best coffee, whichever that may be. more » Spirit Fingers: Er, can I pile onto the coffee shop hate? Yes, um, the only people who should park their novel writing, You Tube fascinated, IM chatting, Facebook up... more » Schadenfrau: How could anyone possibly have a problem with bodegas? They don't like the fact that you can buy about two million other things with that cup of cafe ... more » mwynn13: Coffee shops have bright lighting, leatherette booths, and serve hamburgers, grilled cheese, and breakfast all day. They should be warmly welcomed. Ne... more » daveyjonesisdead: At first I thought this was about good old NY coffee shops, referred to as diners elsewhere in the country. Then I realized it wasn't and lost interes... more » Seeräuber Jenny: I was going to suggest that Michael Idov read this article that I vaguely remembered on how difficult it is to run a profitable, high-quality coffee s... more » esmemurphy: Lots of public libraries have free wi-fi these days. Why don't some of those people clogging up the coffee shop head into the library to work? Becau... more » tigolbitties: i hate the fucking goddamn loud typers at the coffeeshop (or class, or the library, or the airport, etc...) IS THERE NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP ... more » misslinda: In my still-gentrifying slice of the LES, the "olds" go to our local fancy shmancy coffee shop and sit around all day over one small cup of joe (for t... more » Seeräuber Jenny: When my local Starbucks resembles Les Deux Magots or Café de Flore then we can talk. He recommends Café Sabarsky. It's a gorgeous place, but it's... more » ithacabaron: Good lord, this drives me insane. In my neighborhood, in the last year alone, we've lost three bodegas to coffeeshop or "gourmet market" conversion. ... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: The nail salons and bodegas should serve coffee, obvs more » OMG! Ponies!: Look, I'm not an elitist or a classist by any stretch of the imagination but can you honestly say that something as blue-collar as a garage for garbag... more » Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter: Whatever the Silver Fox is for I'm supportive. #trendwatch more » friendslikeJimRome: I love it when someone says, "We're no NIMBYs." You know the next statement is going to either be a lie or some convoluted logic. #trendwatch more » -
#gentrification
Coffee Shops: America's Touchiest Subject
"I'd rather see more coffee shops and restaurants open than bodegas and nail salons," said one dude opening a coffee shop in Crown Heights, currently home to many bodegas and nail salons. There is so much beef now. More » -
#urbananthropology
The New NIMBYs
Here is how cities work: Seedy neighborhood+Gentrification= Only a faint romantic halo of former seediness, which is used for real estate marketing purposes. Any attempt at neighborhood reversion to pre-gentrification standards will be terminated with extreme affluence. More » -
#fieldtrip
Ghetto Pass: A Picture Tour of Spanish Harlem
Ghetto Pass was a written tour of "the people and places of browner territories". Yesterday photo-auteur Diana and I frolicked about El Barrio with hopes of capturing a beautiful spring day in pictures. More » -
#urbananthropology
Why New York Will Win The Recession
Maybe you've seen Richard Florida's Atantic article on meltdown geography, or the New York Times on LA's beleaguered hipster suburb . Both effectively say suburbs will eat it in this recession. Why? More » -
#recessionomics
Manhattan's Real Estate Ungentrification
Well, the L'Occitane-scented waters of the gentrification wave are already rolling back, as predicted: megarealtor Corcoran is closing its Harlem office. Is anyone thinking of the white people? More » -
#gentrification
Crazy Old Bay Ridge Man and His Little Dog Fired
The angry old building super/tabloid star over in Bay Ridge with a penchant for posting crazy-ass notes threatening to kill his tenants, Richard Martin, has been fired. We're sad! More » -
