Super-gentrification: The Case of Brooklyn Heights, New York City

This paper is an empirical examination of the process of 'super-gentrification' in the Brooklyn Heights neighbourhood of New York City. This intensified regentrification is happening in a few select areas of global cities like London and New York that have become the focus of intense inves...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2003-11, Vol.40 (12), p.2487-2509
Main Author: Lees, Loretta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brownstone houses
Cities
Corporate culture
Finance
Gentrification
Geography
Housing
Neighborhoods
New York
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban planning
Urban renewal
Urban studies
Wall Street
Wealth
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Summary:This paper is an empirical examination of the process of 'super-gentrification' in the Brooklyn Heights neighbourhood of New York City. This intensified regentrification is happening in a few select areas of global cities like London and New York that have become the focus of intense investment and conspicuous consumption by a new generation of super-rich 'finandfiers' fed by fortunes from the global finance and corporate service industries. This latest resurgence of gentrification can be distinguished from previous rounds of revitalisation and poses important questions about the historical continuity of current manifestations of gentrification with previous generations of neighbourhood change.
ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1080/0042098032000136174