“People bury the parts of history they don't like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.” New YorkGentrification Book:When No One Is Watching Source: When No One Is Watching
“No one had second-guessed whether we belonged or were a good investment. The realtors had talked about how we were a part of a wave of new people coming in to enrich the neighborhood, make it better and more valuable, without knowing a damn thing about us. No, that's not true. The realtors had known one thing, that I was starting to see was more important than I'd realized. Us. Them.” Gentrification Book:When No One Is Watching Source: When No One Is Watching