When poverty is repackaged as urban hipster cool, rebranded using another’s culturally significant imagery like a new neighborhood coffee shop, and markets are opened to “new” socially accepted classes through formerly inaccessible channels—-BofA and Whole Foods—-capital andwealth soon come—-luxury high rises with condo amenities. Old faces start being erased and new color lines are drawn. Gentrification doesn’t happen in a day or a decade but through a series of calculated decisions that often happen over the course of several dark decades. #harlem #upperwestside #gentrification #starbucks #coffee #banking #america (Taken with Instagram at Harlem)
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When poverty is repackaged as urban hipster cool, rebranded using another’s culturally significant imagery like a new neighborhood coffee shop, and markets are opened to “new” socially accepted classes through formerly inaccessible channels—-BofA and Whole Foods—-capital andwealth soon come—-luxury high rises with condo amenities. Old faces start being erased and new color lines are drawn. Gentrification doesn’t happen in a day or a decade but through a series of calculated decisions that often happen over the course of several dark decades. #harlem #upperwestside #gentrification #starbucks #coffee #banking #america (Taken with Instagram at Harlem)

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  1. marco524 reblogged this from boogieism and added:
    Bank of America and Starbucks = domino-like gentrification on the new upper west side, or north of columbia, ha.
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