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Wed Oct 8

• Wall Street's Tremors Leave Harlem Shaken - NYTimes.com

Tue Oct 7

• When New York Branded Its Way Out of Crisis [New York Times Blog]: "I?m not saying that image makeovers are bad per se. I think it?s fine for cities to try to market themselves. But I would say the branding of New York City, insofar as it combined market-centere d policies with that image-making, has had negative effects on the diversity and the affordability of the city; the dynamic mix of the economic base of the city; and the resilience of the city in response to crisis, because it?s so dependent now on finance, real estate and tourism."
• San Francisco Style: Where You Waking Up Today? - Tenderloin: "I dub the Tenderloin the new Mission. Mark my words, in a few years, the TL will be gentrified and eddy street will look like Valencia." ; - fingers crossed
• In an Evolving Harlem, Newcomers Try to Fit In - NYTimes.com

Mon Oct 6

• Point of gentry - Time Out New York
• Trendy shops put a shine on home values: Specialty groceries aren?t even No. 1 on the list of shops that will elevate the value of nearby homes. A small movie theater can raise property values somewhere between 14 and 30 percent, according to the study. Wine bars and garden shops also provide a boon to homeowners. Bookstores, fitness centers and bike shops do the same, to a lesser extent.
• ZDF.de - Ein Stadtteil, zwei Welten: eine reportage über den frankfurter westhafen, luxuswohnen direkt neben dem armenviertel

Sat Oct 4

• A Hip Young Couple Clears Out Low-Rent Tenants for its Television and Playroom Needs - News - Village Voicepage 1 - Village Voice
• gentrify! police tape: via forays

Fri Oct 3

• Local News | New light rail clears way for an MLK makeover | Seattle Times Newspaper: He says he wants to build "work-for ce" housing, for people who earn between 70 percent and 120 percent of the area's median income, or about $38,000 to $65,000 for a single person. It's a population caught in the middle: too wealthy to qualify for government-sub sidized housing, too poor to rent or buy most homes in this increasingly expensive city. Inter*Im, a nonprofit developer

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