Gentrifiaction In New York City

                My first source is from the National Housing Institute, this is a good source for my topic because it talks about the people that get displaced during the gentrification process. It describes how gentrification can help the neighborhoods on the inside but the people who can no longer afford to live there have a hard time leaving those areas and finding suitable homes for their price budget. My second source is, "Is Gentrification All Bad?"  This is a good source to use because it would be used to show both side of the story. This shows that there are some benefits to gentrification, and that the places being built are sometimes built on land that was just an empty lot or abandoned building. My third source is from Humanity in Action. It talks about the gentrification in Harlem and what is happening to the residents there. It discusses the problems with changing a place like Harlem which has many historic roots that would be changed completely by the end of the gentrification process. We have a certain image of Harlem now, and we have the old nostalgic image of Harlem in its glory days like during the Harlem renaissance. The transformation would leave Harlem commercialized with less small shops and more chains that would leave Harlem looking more like Manhattan than anything else.

Works cited

Gørrild Marie, Obialo Sharon, Venema Nienke. "Gentrification and Displacement in Harlem: How the Harlem Community Lost Its Voice en Route to Progress" Humanity in Action. Humanity In Action Inc.ND.Web. April 1, 2014

Davidson Justin. "Is Gentrification All Bad?" New York Magazine.

New York Media LLC. Feb 2, 2014 Web. April 1, 2014

Newman Kathe, Wyly Elvin "Gentrification and Resistance in New York City" National Housing Institute. National Housing Institute. July/August 2005. Web March 30, 2014