“Artists have been used over and over again since the early 1980s as the legitimizers of a neighborhood in New York. And entrepreneurial artists, meaning people who themselves start out as painters, musicians, dancers, and who open a café, a bar, a restaurant, or even a co-op art gallery - they unintentionally develop the kinds of attractions that bring the middle class with some kind of cultural ambition.” PeopleKindArtArtistAmbitionMusicianAttractionPainterDancerMiddle ClassNeighborhoodEntrepreneurial Author:Sharon Zukin
“When new businesses open that are trying to attract people with cultural capital or cultural ambitions, they are often more expensive than traditional neighborhood stores and cafés, they offer different products, and they have a different atmosphere. Longtime residents may feel uncomfortable there. Structurally, as a group of gentrifiers gets bigger, there is less room for longtime residents. When it becomes a pattern and you can see the effects, we call that displacement.” PeopleTryingDifferentAmbitionAtmosphereUncomfortableNeighborhoodNew Business Author:Sharon Zukin