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Title: Music Scene Gentrification in the Lower East Side and Williamsburg

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: This thesis explores at the causal relationship between music and gentrification in two New York City neighborhoods. The first case study discusses CBGB-centered punk rock scene in the 1970s, which led to the development of the Lower East Side in the 1980s. The second case study discusses how indie rock acted as a catalyst for the emergence of Williamsburg and Brooklyn as the center of hipster cool over the last fifteen years. The commonality between both case studies is the successful courting of the emerging Creative Class, who brought economic capital and skyrocketing rents into each neighborhood. By looking at Census tract data from the last five censuses, the changes of each neighborhood can be tracked as bachelors attainment rates, (inflation-adjusted) median household income, and percentage of 20-34 residents, have increased incrementally over time. Thus, ethnic enclaves and lower-income residents that had called the neighborhood home for generations have been forced to move to outlying areas, disrupting their professional and personal lives.

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Authors: Solomon, Joshua

Institution: Vassar College

Department: Sociology

Advisor: Leonard Nevarez, Eileen Leonard

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Publisher Location: Poughkeepsie, NY

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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