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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I worked with the mental health community in Asbury Park. The community was mostly housed in old hotels, now occupied as NJ classified boarding homes. Christie Whitman began to clear up these boarding homes, many of which are in the area of gentrification. Let me know and I can point you towards some of the people who were on the ground level when this community was dispersed throughout Asbury Park.
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