Dreams of Place: Housing, Gentrification, and the Marketing of Space in El Barrio
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| contents | Dreams of Place: Housing, Gentrification, and the Marketing of Space in El Barrio Arlene Dávila Sociología gentrification Spanish Harlem housing markets New York City housing Puerto Rican politics This paper examines how a central index of gentrification,a diminishing market for affordable housing, is affecting PuertoRican dreams of place in El Barrio/East Harlem. I pay specialattention to how the areas history and cultural identity are beingdeployed by developers and residents, and how, despite theirdiffering aspirations for the area, both groups end up advancinga similar development vision and ideology. New governmentalpolicies favoring the privatization of land and propertysimultaneously intersect with and depart from Puerto Rican andLatino dreams of empowerment, and tap into these dreamsin multiple ways. The results are consumption-based developmentssuch as home ownership programs, favored by the Puerto Ricanmiddle class as part of their dream of empowerment throughproperty and the purchase of place, which are increasingly outof the reach of Puerto Ricans and most low and middle incomeinhabitants of East Harlem. 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XV |
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| spellingShingle | Dreams of Place: Housing, Gentrification, and the Marketing of Space in El Barrio Arlene Dávila Sociología gentrification Spanish Harlem housing markets New York City housing Puerto Rican politics Dreams of Place: Housing, Gentrification, and the Marketing of Space in El Barrio Arlene Dávila Sociología gentrification Spanish Harlem housing markets New York City housing Puerto Rican politics This paper examines how a central index of gentrification,a diminishing market for affordable housing, is affecting PuertoRican dreams of place in El Barrio/East Harlem. I pay specialattention to how the areas history and cultural identity are beingdeployed by developers and residents, and how, despite theirdiffering aspirations for the area, both groups end up advancinga similar development vision and ideology. New governmentalpolicies favoring the privatization of land and propertysimultaneously intersect with and depart from Puerto Rican andLatino dreams of empowerment, and tap into these dreamsin multiple ways. The results are consumption-based developmentssuch as home ownership programs, favored by the Puerto Ricanmiddle class as part of their dream of empowerment throughproperty and the purchase of place, which are increasingly outof the reach of Puerto Ricans and most low and middle incomeinhabitants of East Harlem. 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XV |
| title | Dreams of Place: Housing, Gentrification, and the Marketing of Space in El Barrio |
| topic | Sociología gentrification Spanish Harlem housing markets New York City housing Puerto Rican politics |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715106 |