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Yolanne Almanzar|The New York World | Jan 9th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (
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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Urban Nation |
Willy Staley, considered to be a Brooklyn hipster by a few, writes cautiously about NPR’s report on hipsters and the Census, including an interview with Professor Sharon Zukin, author of
Naked City. (
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Carly Berwick | Jan 14th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
Carly Berwick talks hipster hate and liberal snobbery as she examines a recent defense of gentrifiers, and welcomes the yoga-mat-toting masses into her own neighborhood. (
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Willy Staley | Jan 12th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Willy writes about his—and others’—mixed-up feelings about condominiums in Brooklyn, and how they relate to gentrification, affordable housing, and “authenticity”. (
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Feb 19th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
In his new column, Omnibus, Justin Glick asks whether films glorifying the eccentricities of cycling communities backfire in their attempt to get their enthusiasm for their chosen rides across to a wider audience. (
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Nick Lalla | Dec 16th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
I’m shocked by every day that goes by without some pseudo-academic hipster art-star type taking the urban theory world’s reins and making the whole effort look a little sexier. Sometimes that shock turns into worry that
Next American City is just a placeholder to be left in a cooler, more culture-savvy kid’s dust. Urban thought is hot and waiting patiently for someone to capitalize on it. A new post on Gen-Y blog bible Hipster Runoff indicates the process may have begun. (
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Matt Stroud | Nov 9th, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (keep reading…)
Willy Staley, considered to be a Brooklyn hipster by a few, writes cautiously about NPR’s report on hipsters and the Census, including an interview with Professor Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City. (keep reading…)
Willy writes about his—and others’—mixed-up feelings about condominiums in Brooklyn, and how they relate to gentrification, affordable housing, and “authenticity”. (keep reading…)
