Gentrification is nothing new. There have always been urban development initiatives which have displaced poor and working class people, sometimes associated with urban renewal, sometimes shaped by market forces. But what makes gentrification so toxic and dangerous today, not only […]
Rebranding The South Bronx: #WhatPianoDistrict? By Anthony Rivieccio Officially, the effort to rebrand the South Bronx started in April, when Keith Rubenstein, a founder of Somerset Partners LLC, a private equity firm, purchased two industrial properties –2401 Third Avenue and […]
THE SOUTH BRONX ISN’T BURNING, ITS BEING EXPLOITED by David Lesch, Esq. My family has been in the law practice business since 1965. Most, if not all of our legal work has done has been out of an office […]
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