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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Harlem and the Roots of Gentrification, 1965-2003 Thursday, November 30, 2017 In the last four decades of the twentieth century, Harlem, New York—America’s most famous neighborhood—transformed from the archetypal symbol of midcentury “urban crisis” to the most celebrated example of “urban renaissance” in the United States. Once a favored subject for sociologists studying profound poverty and physical decline, by the new millennium Harlem found itself increasingly the site of refurbished brownstones, shiny glass and steel shopping centers, and a growing middle-class population. Drawing from Brian Goldstein’s new book, The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem (Harvard University Press, 2017), this lecture will trace this arc by focusing on competing visions for Harlem's central block. In doing so, it will reveal the complicated history of social and physical transformation that has changed this and many American urban centers in the last several decades. Gentrification is often described as a process controlled by outsiders, with clear winners and losers, victors and victims. In contrast, this talk will explore the role that Harlemites themselves played in bringing about Harlem’s urban renaissance, an outcome that had both positive and negative effects for their neighborhood. Time: 4:40 pm EST/GMT-5 Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102 Sponsor: Art History Program and American Studies Program; Environmental and Urban Studies Program Contact: Olga Touloumi. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-6822 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/academics/programs/physics/events/