Week 3: New York City, New York – The Big Apple

WEEK 3: New York City, New York – The Big Apple
Tue 2.4/Thu 2.6
READ: eR—“In Praise of Gentrification” (The Economist), “In Defense of Gentrification” (The Atlantic), “The Complicated Link Between Gentrification and Displacement” (CityLab), “The Myth of Gentrification” (Slate)
CLASS: DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY; Presentation sign-ups

Upcoming:

WEEK 4: New Orleans, Louisiana – The Big Easy

Tue 2.12/Thu 2.14           

READ: eR—“How to Stop Gentrification” (The New Republic), “We Shouldn't Stop Gentrification, but We Can Make it Less Painful” (Forbes), “How an LA Community is Fighting Back Against Gentrification” (Marketplace)

CLASS: Downtown San Jose city walk*; Watch—“What Happens When Neighborhoods Gentrify?” (Vice News), “Why We Stay: Gentrification’s Damage” (The Nation), “What it’s Like to Get Kicked Out of Your Neighborhood” (Buzzfeed); Lecture—“Inside the Toulmin Model”

DUE: REFLECTION 1

*Please be on time.