The Gentrification Of Harlem

What can be done to preserve economic diversity in New York's Harlem neighborhood?

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April 13, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Op-Ed by Angela Glove Blackwell suggest possible solutions."A new idea that I believe holds enormous promise is using a community-building trust. This would be a publicly accountable entity that would acquire property in the gentrifying neighborhood by buying it, receiving it from donors or getting it from public agencies through eminent domain or tax foreclosure. Some of this real estate could be sold or leased for higher- end commercial or residential real estate development, to bring money into the neighborhood. The profit could be used to help make the new Harlem a mixed-income, diverse neighborhood."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Holding Onto Harlem

Thursday, April 12, 2001 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development New York

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