New York After Rent (I of III)
April 8, 2015
New York After Rent (part 1 of 3) The financial crisis of September 2008 overshadows one of the most important events in recent New York
The play Rent closed in NY the same year AirBnB opened for business.
The financial crisis of September 2008 overshadows one of the most important events in post-gentrified New York History: the arrival of Airbnb. While your host wasn’t paying attention back then either, today he is fed up with the commodification of every square inch of the city. But what if the Airbnb economy is also changing the way New York City dreams and makes art? Can it be stopped?
New York After Rent (II of III)
April 22, 2015
New York After Rent (part 2 of 3) Our series continues with a journey from Avenue B to Bushwick: Kathy Kirkpatrick tells us about the
New York After Rent (III of III)
April 30, 2015
New York After Rent (part 3 of 3) Our series concludes with an attempt to examine the suburbanized commodified inner cityscape of New York. Author
New York After Rent (post prop f director’s cut)
November 25, 2015
New York After Rent (post prop f director’s cut) Now that Airbnb has proved it can beat regulation we return to the post-gentrified city. Two!