I was looking around for some new blogs to add to the blogroll, as I’m deleting a few that either bore me or haven’t been updated in a while. This one really struck a chord with me…for many reasons. It’s a blog about the New York City that’s vanishing. The gritty, urban real New York. The architecture, the independent businesses, the people — they’re being replaced at an alarming rate by people and things that are…not as good. And I feel the same way sometimes about Baltimore, and especially Pigtown.
When people come into the cafe and say “This will be the next Federal Hill” or “This will be the next Canton”…I will continue to yell “I hope to hell not!” Because in order for Pigtown to become the next…whatever…it would have to lose the part of itself that makes this such a wonderful community, and I’m not willing to let that go. Are you?
Tags: Gentrification, New York, Pigtown, Yunnies