Gentrification In a Brooklyn Neighborhood Forces Residents To Move On

Franklin Avenue 2013 today

After being removed from the neighborhood over the last year and a half - this internet piece covers the state of vacancy, gentrification, and the changes that incur as a result on Franklin Avenue.

http://narrative.ly/2013/01/the-ins-and-the-outs/

The status of Franklin Avenue

Great Article in the NYT posted on the status of Franklin Avenue
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/nyregion/in-crown-heights-a-renaissance-with-unease.html?_r=1

On Contagion

Visiting Pittsburgh last month displayed to me plenty of vacant buildings readied to be placed back into the urban fabric. Richey Pilparinen's article The Emotional Landscape of Vacancy describes the psychological effects of the ruined landscape and its associations within the city.

Detroit Lives

This is a great doc on how Detroit is reinventing itself.