The Oversuccessful City, Pt2: Neighborhood Character

How can neighborhoods guard against the pitfalls of "oversuccess," not least of which are gentrification and displacement? Who gets to say "Enough!" and when? This panel of Rev. Calvin O. Butts of The College of Old Westbury, Ron Shiffman of the Pratt Institute, Michelle de la Uz of the Fifth Avenue Committee, Errol Louis of the New York Daily News and moderator Matt Schuerman of the New York Observer, will look at recent controversies over specific large developments and tangle with the complexities of development's benefits and its considerable perils and inequalities.

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