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Gentrification vs. Diversity: the Video

Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 03:07pm
Submitted by Jonathan Sills

At the final Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York panel on Tuesday, December 4, moderator Matt Schuerman and panelists Calvin Butts, Michelle de la Uz, Ron Shiffman and Errol Louis discuss the often antagonistic relationship between neighborhood improvement, gentrification and displacement.

Watch the video and tell us whether you think there are solutions to the loss of diversity that follows neighborhood gentrification the panelists identify.