The Endangered Enclave

Mike Owen Benediktsson & Brian Lamberta & Sarah Van Norden — 2015-10-06T05:00:00Z

While most gentrification studies focus on residential displacement, businesses also suffer from rising rents and a shifting clientele. Focusing on Hispanic-owned businesses in gentrifying areas of New York City, Mike Owen Benediktsson, Brian Lamberta, and Sarah Van Norden document gentrification's commercial impact, and offer potential solutions for preserving a neighborhood's commercial landscape.
In recent years, amid soaring property values in New York City, thousands of independently

- Debates / gentrification, New York, ethnic retail, displacement, businesses, Brooklyn

Château Rouge: a “Little Africa” in Paris?

Marie Chabrol & translated by Oliver Waine — 2013-05-22T04:55:00Z

The Château Rouge area of Paris is regarded as an “African neighbourhood”. But what is the reality behind this image? Marie Chabrol shows that it has less to do with residents' backgrounds than with the commercial uses of the area, which put this district at the heart of large-scale mobilities.
Paris, like any major metropolis, has different neighbourhoods whose images are built and rebuilt around business activities linked to immigration. The Château Rouge area – situated in the shadow of

- From the Field / immigration, public space, Paris region, Paris, mobility, retail, neighborhood, Goutte d'Or, Château Rouge, ethnic retail, user, use of space, centrality

Metropolitics

The Endangered Enclave

Château Rouge: a “Little Africa” in Paris?