Main points: 1)
Gentrification has
changed over time,
from its
beginnings in the
1950s to
gentrification
today in DC
mobilized by large
developers, gl
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Main points: 1) Gentrification has changed over time, from its beginnings in the 1950s to gentrification today in DC mobilized by large developers, global investors, and the complete reconstruction of certain parts of town.
2) Gentrification is overlaid upon already existing racial segregation in DC and elsewhere. Many people don't recognize that racial segregation was a new trend around 1900. We see racial segregation and divided cities emerging around the world starting in the 1890s (Carl Nightingale's tour-de-force Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities). The maps in this presentation show that DC is very much a divided city.
Some corrections:
1) I said that 29,000 residents were displaced from Southwest DC during urban renewal in the 1960s. I should have said 23,500 residents were displaced then.
http://sociologyinmyneighborhood.blogspot.com/2011/08/urban-renewal-and-grief-in-ward-6.html
2) I said that the first Home Rule government began in 1974, but the first Home Rule mayor, Walter E. Washington, began his term on January 2, 1975.
3) The sociologist I mention is Kevin Fox Gotham (not Keith as I say in the video).
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