1st Edition
Listening to Harlem Gentrification, Community, and Business
By David Maurrasse
Copyright 2006
248 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Harlem is flourishing. Many say a second Renaissance is happening above 120th Street. Magic Johnson opened a major theater, Bill Clinton has centered his post-presidential offices there, countless homes have been restored to their former glory, and, not without controversy, many whites are flocking to the neighborhood. But what will this gentrification do to Harlem, and how will it change life for... Read more
Introduction 1. Harlem Then and Now 2. Harlem Rising 3. Equitable Urban Development 4. Resident Perspectives 5. Making Urban Development Work 6. CBO's Perspectives and Proposed Solutions 7. Development's New Day
Biography
David Maurrasse is the founder, President & CEO of Marga Incorporated, a consulting firm, and an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. David is the author of Beyond the Campus: How Colleges and Universities Form Partnerships with Their Communities, and has held positions at Yale University and the Rockefeller Foundation
"Maurrasse brings the magic of storytelling to his careful analysis of the paradox of urban development: revitalized homes and businesses but continued economic disenfranchisement of long-term residents." -- Professor Lawrence Aber, New York University
"Urbanists, Harlem residents, and really anyone who loves cities but fears the consequences of unplanned economic growth will admire Maurrasse's ability to combine street conversations with Harlem citizens, exciting social science theory, history, policy analysis and even a poetic eye to the conflicting forces that together comprise the changing landscape of Harlem. This book doesn't deceive with facile solutions to gentrification and race relations; it plows right through to the core of the challenge." -- Professor Andrew Hahn, Brandeis University, Heller School for Management and Social Policy
