Hist 501 research

Today, I continued research on my paper. With my topic being Asbury Park, I wanted to focus on the gentrification taking place within the city. I did a search for newspaper articles to get an idea of some of the issues going on in the city with regards to gentrification. Most of the articles I found mostly contained stories regarding the redevelopment taking place at the beachfront. But since I want to focus on the use of eminent domain and the displacement of the local residents due to this gentrification, I was not happy with the results of information regarding this aspect of my topic.

I also did some research on social explorer and looked at the maps documenting the racial demographics in the city. I found that the demographics really did not begin to change until the 1970's. I still have some work to do to find out how the gentrification is affecting the local residents.

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