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May 4, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 9: There Went the Neighborhood
The team behind There Goes the Neighborhood talks about what they’ve learned, and the way forward in a post-gentrified Brooklyn.
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 27, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 8: Can You Afford to Live in New York City?
Gentrification has many New Yorkers asking the same question: Is there still a place for me in this city?
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 20, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers
14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 13, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 6: Trickery, Fraud, and Deception in Brooklyn
In the wild world of Brooklyn real estate, developers looking to cash in don’t always play by the rules.
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 6, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good?
Tales from the epicenter of New York gentrification.
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 5, 2016
How Banks and Developers Collude to Get Rid of New York’s Affordable Housing
Granting huge mortgages on rent-regulated buildings doesn’t make financial sense—unless lenders know buyers will kick out existing tenants.
DW Gibson
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March 30, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works
Mayor de Blasio’s plan to rezone East New York is his way of controlling the gentrification machine—so what does the zoning plan actually look like?
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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March 23, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars
In episode 3, we go back to the founding of East New York and meet the people who have been organizing since the 1960s.
There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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March 17, 2016
America, the Unaffordable
There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?
DW Gibson
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March 16, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard
In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.
Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood