New York City Field Course, September 2014

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September 12th 2014

Published: June 2nd 2015

I returned to New York City for the third time to participate in a University of Toronto field course. The course ran from September 1-5, and we stayed at the New York Loft Hostelin Morgantown, aka East Williamsburg, formerly known as Bushwick. The class spent the week walking all over and talking about how gentrification has resulted in rapid change in one of the greatest cities on earth. It was ... Read Full Entry

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Lower East Side

Eat Me, LES

Yaffa Cafe, LES

ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St.

Defend Black Manhood, LES

605 East 9th St.

This old school was operated as a community space until the current owner bought it in 1988. In 2006, plans for a condo development were squashed when the buidling was landmarked a heritage designation by the city. The owner tried to destroy the facade to get the designation reversed. It's sat unused for 10 years.