Industry City Archives - Pavement Pieces https://pavementpieces.com/tag/industry-city/ From New York to the Nation Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sunset Park-Industry City https://pavementpieces.com/sunset-park-industry-city/ https://pavementpieces.com/sunset-park-industry-city/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:05:44 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=23820 Episode 3: Developers believe the rezoning will bring new jobs, while residents fear those new opportunities will attract wealthier households and displace a part of Brooklyn many hold dear.

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In collaboration with NYU’s Furman Center

Our third episode revolves around Industry City, a large shopping complex in Sunset Park, that is poised to increase its square footage from 5.3 to 6.6 million square feet as part of a comprehensive rezoning. Developers believe the rezoning will bring new jobs, while residents fear those new opportunities will attract wealthier households and displace a part of Brooklyn many hold dear. Do new jobs and commercial activity lead to gentrification and displacement?

Correction: This episode cites a statistic that 57 percent of current workers at Industry City are from Sunset Park. In fact, 57 percent are residents of Brooklyn, as reported by an HR&A Analysis in 2017.

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