Where Do I Go Now?

By Jenza Evans

This comic shows another process of Gentrification. The American cartoon “Adventure Time” belongs to Cartoon Network and its creator, Pendleton Ward. The plot of this comic is that Princess Bubblegum is pushing Finn and Jake out of their home so that she can attract more royal candle people. This leaves Finn and Jake technically homeless….. Unless they decide to move in with the Ice King. This whole scenario relates to Gentrification by those in the higher class pushing the lower class out so that their business can expand. The big business owners could care less about your well-being as long they are making more and more money. Those in the higher class continue to do this so that they can attract more rich people. I personally felt that I should draw  this out so that the readers will be able to capture the emotions of those people who’s life has been impacted by the process of Gentrification.

 

If Only…

By: Safiya

 

If only we could stop gentrification this easily in real life.

Breeze 10 Point Plan

Brianna Glover

I did this ten point plan to show what I want to change and what I want to see in my community. This project was inspired by the ten point plans of the Black Panthers.

 

Gentrification: Before and After

 

Davina H.

The purpose of this poster was to advertise the major consequences that comes with gentrifying a community.  Normally, before a community is gentrified, there are corner stores that are very common all over the area.  The prices are usually low and there are fewer options of healthy foods to eat; however, the community loves it because that is what they can afford.  After developers take over a neighborhood and create new stores, the prices shoot up because  that is how they will make a profit from the new residents.  Granted, there may be more healthy options at these new food stores, but not everyone can afford it.  This poster shows the effects and results of gentrification as a whole by using satire.

The Blues Line of Gentrification

In our project we used a wordle. A wordle is a collection of words usually of different shapes and sizes arranged to create a message. My wordle is about gentrification. All the words I used represent gentrification. The words I used were generated from everyone in my group; everyone played a part.

My project contains the Market-Frankford Line. I replaced all the stops with words and each of the stops has a word that describes gentrification. I used the idea of the Market- Frankford Line because I thought it would be unique and it would get someone’s attention right away. Also I did that because many places in Philadelphia are being gentrified, and that line connects a lot of places in Philadelphia.

 

By: Athony Nazario and Sade’ Howard

NO ONE WILL WIN

This poem is intended to reveal the internal thoughts of gentrification’s impact on the community. A warzone has been created and no one will win in the end…not even myself.

There’s no reading between the lines

The war must end between us.      But this more of a civil war than you think

I will   unleash   every amount of ammunition I have

onto your doorstep – You and I have the same address.

Don’t be oblivious to the obvious.

We were cut from the same cloth

But somewhere along the seam,     we   de-part-ed. Or should I say you departed.

Leaving me with nothing-     Threading into your own path.

You came, you saw, you conquered like the

Christopher Columbus Syndrome

You imprisoned the already imprisoned, harmed the injured and innocent.

Everyone is a suspect and a victim

but not everyone is evicted       Not everyone can see what I see

Please believe me when I say I see-

“Humans with no humanity”.   Somehow enclosed in a state of insanity

Anger and Confusion.

Everyone and no one is at peace    And I’m sorry-

My wrath will end you and subsequently me too.

 

-Patrece D.

Beginning of a White Dawn by Jerron Corley

There will be no moving tonight. They have planned a migration of our colored nation for our pigment measures our importance. The money says a ghetto ain’t great when it’s a ghetto so let’s mellow out the melanin. Let’s capitalize on these concrete jungles and make them into University Cities, Baltimore Avenues, Temple Towns, Old Kensingtons, they might as well gentrify our minds so we have no memory of they pain of giving up on a generation. There is nothing like waiting on a change that isn’t meant for you. We are waking up…to a white dawn.

This poem was inspired by the research conducted on gentrification, and my personal belief that gentrification is a modern-day Manifest Destiny controlled by a growing capitalist society in urban America.

Change is Not Always Good

When I made this meme, I was thinking about how a place can be great as it is, but when developers raise prices that force people out, it completely change for the worst. So basically, this explains that the change associated with gentrification isn’t good all the time.

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/04/theres-basically-no-way-not-be-gentrifier/8877/

In the link above it kinda touches on the point that I’m making. One thing I read in the link said It doesn’t “matter where you live. You’re displacing someone, and making income segregation worse.”

That is one example of how places that have been gentrified can be made worst.

Made by Isaiah P.

Why Gentrify Us?

During the process of creating this meme my idea was to push the issue about how if we don’t come together, we can’t succeed as a whole. Allowing gentrification for push others out forces us to fail.

Isaiah P.

No No No!

This meme was put together to explain how we should come together and stand up to the people (who try to gentrify us) who come in our neighborhood and tries to push us out by raising property values and taxes in the area for personal profit.

Isaiah P.