Brooklyn: a hub for Hip-Hop and black culture, home of Coney Island and the Gowanus Canal, Biggie, and the best pizza in the world. And now, home of Barclays Center — a 1.18 billion dollar infrastructure claiming to set a new standard for entertainment and sports events. But what happens when one of the world’s largest corporations plants itself in your backyard?
Episodes will be educating people on their role in gentrification, the phases of gentrification, and how it has affected me and my neighborhood. Listen to people born and raised in Brooklyn talk about their experiences growing up.
To preserve culture is to understand history. It starts with us.