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kelseyhuse's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This was hard to get through and I don’t feel it was even worth my time. Some interesting observations on a gentrified neighborhood, but very drawn out. More so about the changes to the neighborhood itself and the norms established than about the larger policies at large that enabled gentrification to occur. I wanted more from this book.
lizziehutchins's review against another edition
4.0
Want to read Spike Lee's 'We Been Here!'
"The enthusiasm for diversity ultimately translates into a form of power that operates on a particular combination of inclusion and exclusion. As such, it contrasts with the systemic efforts since the beginning of the twentieth century to deny black people access to residential suburbs, as well as with the establishment of hyper-ghettos after World War II." (p. 6)
"On top of the combination of economic wealth, home ownership and moral esteem that these subjects already enjoy, is there an obligation to offer, additionally, the satisfaction of having been "understood," or even endorsed, by an academic authority? The exchange between myself and the inhabitants of the South End came to feel even more unequal as I became aware of the way these residents used my presence to secure symbolic rewards." (p. 24)
"...how have the upper classes transformed themselves as they sought to transform the city?" (p. 36)
"Visiting Boston in 1965, Martin Luther King highlighted the parallels between the Northern situation and that in the South. He pointed to the housing question, in particular, the barriers to black people moving into white or mixed neighborhoods or getting mortgages, discriminatory practices in the workplace, as well as segregation in the school and university system." (p. 42)
More than simply a matter of political correctness, this "social correctness" promoted by certain linguistic and behavioral norms seeks to regulate social relations." (p.126)
"She actively supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential elections and does not hesitate to call herself a liberal or even a bit of a radical." (p. 131)
"...the link between the rise of historic preservation and the rising status of older, run-down neighborhoods is not unique to Boston. We see the same movement, accompanied by the stigmatization of the architecture of large housing projects, in other cities in New England and in Europe." (p.145)
"The mobilizations that we have seen take hold in the South End do not seek purely and simply to displace populations, but, more subtly, to structure their presence." (p. 260)
"The enthusiasm for diversity ultimately translates into a form of power that operates on a particular combination of inclusion and exclusion. As such, it contrasts with the systemic efforts since the beginning of the twentieth century to deny black people access to residential suburbs, as well as with the establishment of hyper-ghettos after World War II." (p. 6)
"On top of the combination of economic wealth, home ownership and moral esteem that these subjects already enjoy, is there an obligation to offer, additionally, the satisfaction of having been "understood," or even endorsed, by an academic authority? The exchange between myself and the inhabitants of the South End came to feel even more unequal as I became aware of the way these residents used my presence to secure symbolic rewards." (p. 24)
"...how have the upper classes transformed themselves as they sought to transform the city?" (p. 36)
"Visiting Boston in 1965, Martin Luther King highlighted the parallels between the Northern situation and that in the South. He pointed to the housing question, in particular, the barriers to black people moving into white or mixed neighborhoods or getting mortgages, discriminatory practices in the workplace, as well as segregation in the school and university system." (p. 42)
More than simply a matter of political correctness, this "social correctness" promoted by certain linguistic and behavioral norms seeks to regulate social relations." (p.126)
"She actively supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential elections and does not hesitate to call herself a liberal or even a bit of a radical." (p. 131)
"...the link between the rise of historic preservation and the rising status of older, run-down neighborhoods is not unique to Boston. We see the same movement, accompanied by the stigmatization of the architecture of large housing projects, in other cities in New England and in Europe." (p.145)
"The mobilizations that we have seen take hold in the South End do not seek purely and simply to displace populations, but, more subtly, to structure their presence." (p. 260)
boithorn's review
4.0
Really fascinating sociological study of how a gentrifying class constructs itself in working class neighborhoods. Tissot goes out of her way to identify specific characteristics of the "pioneers" of gentrified neighborhoods and how they differentiate themselves from the richest of the rich that reside in historically upper class neighborhoods and suburbs. Definitely provides a unique perspective that goes beyond the purely economic motives for urban "renewal".
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