Research Blog 3

One of the questions we asked is "how exactly are residents being affected by the gentrification of their neighborhood". Well for starters the residents cant afford to live in the neighborhood due to the increase of rent so they're being evicted, buildings are also being rebuilt and transformed into condos for people of higher income. One 96 year old photographer made an article about the gentrification on http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/photos/96-year-old-photographer-rebecca-lepkoff-brings-east-side-back-focus-article-1.1039695?localLinksEnabled=false