Gentrification and Counter-Gentrification

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the process of gentrification and counter-gentrification in a particular Toronto neighborhood, known as Kensington Market. It argues that counter gentrification is currently a very powerful force in Kensington Market. It suggests that Kensington Market is too popular of an area to remain unaffected by gentrification and that it is also quite possible that counter-gentrification may unintentionally create the perfect conditions for gentrification to take hold.

Table of Contents:
Kensington Market
Car Free Sundays and the Anti-Corporate Movement
Are Counter Gentrification Forces Being Successful
Counter Gentrification Becoming a Force of Gentrification
Conclusions
Appendix

From the Paper:

"The resistance to this store was led by a performance artist going by the name Reverend Billy and his church of Church of Stop Shopping. In essence this group preformed a very large performance piece in front of the Freshmart. This brought a great deal of negative publicity to the Freshmart (Shiff 2004: 1). The goals of these activities were to make life difficult for corporate businesses so they might close down. It also serves as a disincentive to corporate businesses so that they are less likely to set up operations in Kensington Market."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anonymous(2003), Toronto's Housing, Urban Development Services, Toronto.
• Anonymous(2004), Kensington-Chinatown 78: Profile 3, Community and Neighbourhood Services, Toronto: 1-4
• Anonymous(2004), Kensington-Chinatown 78, Toronto, http://www.toronto.ca/ demographics/cns_profiles/cns78.htm.
• Braconi, Frank and Freeman, Lance(2004), "Gentrification and Displacement: New York City in the 1990s" in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Chicago, Vol. 70, Iss.1, Winter: 39-53.
• Holm, Andrej(2006), "Urban Renewal and the End of Social Housing" in Social Justice, San Francisco, Vol.33, Iss.3: 114-129.

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