Introduction
Kensington Market is a small, historic neighbourhood located west of Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It forms a part of this larger area of residential, institutional and commercial buildings, similar to many other urban ethno-cultural communities. In 2005, it was declared a national historic site of Canada. There is a vibrant commercial and residential neighbourhood with distinctive narrow streets of small stores with colourful awnings built onto former homes. These stores sell food, spices and clothes from around the world. Behind and between the stores, there are also discreet back alleyways winding through the neighbourhood where short rows of small late-19th century cottages sit on narrow lots. The streets mainly
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He constructed Bellevue Estate on a 100-acre piece of land west of Spadina Avenue. In the 1850s and 1860s, the Denisons gradually subdivided the land and sold it to British and Irish immigrants. As the urban density increased, workers built small cottages along the many laneways. In the early 20th century, there was a surge of Jewish immigrants, mainly from Russia and eastern and south-central Europe. Over the course of the next 30 years, these immigrants established the dynamic character of the area as a market. dynamic character as a market. In the 1920s and 1930s, in response to growing competitiveness, the shops extended even farther out onto the already narrow streets. Canopies and outdoor stalls reached the street and additions were built onto many of the houses to provide more shop space. Beginning in the 1950s, Kensington Market hosted an increasingly diverse cultural mosaic of ethnic groups, races and religions. This included post-war immigration from Eastern Europe, Portugal and Italy. In the 1960s a considerable number of Afro-Caribbean, Chinese and East Indian businesspeople moved into the neighbourhood and opened up shops. The diverse character of Kensington Market’s history has created a continually evolving cultural and architectural environment that remains evident in the market area today. (Source: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minutes, November
Postrel develops her support of national retailers throughout the essay, offering the opinion that it isn’t the stores that give places their character, but instead, aspects like the terrain, weather and culture that do (Postrel 347). While terrain, weather and culture can set apart regions, such as New England from The Deep South, and Southern California from the Midwest, it’s the community that gives each town their own special character. A community consists of the residents, their restaurants, hardware stores, pharmacies, ice cream parlors, farmers markets, and so on. These places, and the interactions that occur daily at each establishment, are the fabric that differentiate them, and create the breeding ground for diverse characteristics to flourish. While Postrel argues that wildly different business establishments across America in the past is a myth , it’s actually not necessarily that the products that varied from store to store, but more the aforementioned factors that truly set ...
There are many examples of cities reforming itself over time, one significant example is Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. More than a hundred years after the discovery of gold that drew thousands of migrants to Vancouver, the city has changed a lot, and so does one of its oldest community: Downtown Eastside. Began as a small town for workers that migrants frequently, after these workers moved away with all the money they have made, Downtown Eastside faced many hardships and changes. As a city, Vancouver gave much support to improve the area’s living quality and economics, known as a process called gentrification. But is this process really benefiting everyone living in Downtown Eastside? The answer is no. Gentrification towards DTES(Downtown Eastside) did not benefit the all the inhabitants of the area. Reasons are the new rent price of the area is much higher than before the gentrification, new businesses are not community-minded, and the old culture and lifestyle of the DTES is getting erased by the new residents.
Vancouver is not affordable to live for the young professionals due to gentrification problems. The economy requires gentrification to develop the city. In order for a city to flow better, more people have to spend and sell. Furthermore, for people to spend or sell more, it requires more people to live. However, gentrification is pushing people away from their homes, and makes it difficult for the young professionals to move in. Therefore, a lot of young professionals and working class would move out and live outside the city.
In this essay I will be discussing the features of Scotland’s mixed market economy, describing four aspects of the Scottish economy; Tourism, unemployment, growth and the NHS.
Chinatown is one of the largest of the big ethnic enclaves in Toronto. It started off small and it grew over the past decade. I am going to analyze how much Toronto’s Chinatown has changed based on demographic, social, cultural, and economic aspects.
Old Chinatown's heyday was between the years of 1890-1910. It could count 15 or so streets and alleys, and perhaps 200 building units. I...
(1) The probably most important definition is defined by the German British sociologist Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters of London have been invaded by the middle-classes—upper and lower. Shabby, modest mews and cottages—two rooms up and two down—have been taken over, when their leases have expired, and have become elegant, expensive residences. “Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original working-class occupiers are displaced and the whole social character of the district is changed.” -Ruth Glass (1964) (1).
Suburbanization, roots of the “American dream.” A house occupied by a man and woman and their three kids; the man is the breadwinner, and the woman is the stay-at-home wife. The husband would leave the house to go to work while the wife happily stay at home to cook, clean, and care for the kids. This was the imagine that were painted for consumers after World War II. This was how success was defined. However, at the other end of rainbow was not a pot of gold. Women were angry and frustrated from being confined in their homes all day. Furthermore, African Americans were excluded from this “picture perfect” dream when the government created “red lining” and made it impossible for people of color to get a house loan. The impact of suburban growth
Despite general declining rates of morbidity and mortality in the United States over the past century, African-Americans still find themselves at a health disadvantage and account for more than 40% of diagnosed cases of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, obesity and cancer . Studies within the fields of sociology and public health have directed their focus towards individual-level determinants of health such as socio-economic status and individual health behaviors. However, there has been insufficient attention to how and why place and neighborhood contribute to racial/ethnic health disparities. This analysis examines the health implication of racial segregation as a result of gentrification on African Americans, explores systems of segregation measurement, and proposes ways to move beyond traditional public health and health care approaches to impact relevant policy.
A sociological observation was conducted at York dale Toronto shopping center and food court at various time intervals. There were different spectres of ethnicity and different ways people acted. I chose this mall because it is one of the largest malls in Canada and the problem of reactivity could be avoided.
Of the many problems affecting urban communities, both locally and abroad, there is one issue in particular, that has been victimizing the impoverished within urban communities for nearly a century; that would be the problem of gentrification. Gentrification is a word used to describe the process by which urban communities are coerced into adopting improvements respective to housing, businesses, and general presentation. Usually hidden behind less abrasive, or less stigmatized terms such as; “urban renewal” or “community revitalization” what the process of gentrification attempts to do, is remove all undesirable elements from a particular community or neighborhood, in favor of commercial and residential enhancements designed to improve both the function and aesthetic appeal of that particular community. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about the significance of process of gentrification and its underlying impact over the community and the community participation.
The film Dallas Buyers Club was set in the 1980’s at the height of the AIDs hysteria in Dallas Texas. The movie follows the life of Ron Woodroof, a drug shooting, bigoted cowboy. His world is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with full blown AID. When the doctors give him one month to live, his initial reaction is denial. As the film progresses, and he is forced to come to terms with his illness, a miraculous transformation takes place. By the end of the movie, Woodroof had become new man. This film tells story of a miserable homophobic loser who overcame immense odds in his transformation into a conscientious, altruistic man.
Dallas Buyers Club was considered a controversial movie. After the release of the film, many were against it but some were not. The movie was directed by a French-Canadian film director, Jean-Marc Vallée. Although the topic of this movie is not openly conveyed by many viewers due to its tendentious aspects to it, Dallas Buyers Club was recognized as one of the best films in 2013 with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. In the movie, the character Ron Woodroof is an electrician and rodeo cowboy who lives an ordinary Texan lifestyle. After being diagnosed with HIV positive, Ron’s world was changed 360 degrees. At first, Ron was isolated by his friends and closed ones; HIV was a new virus that was born out of human mistakes and having to dealt with the stigma of it in the mid-1980s, Ron had no choice but to change the way he lives.
Gentrification is a highly important topic that has not only been occurring all over the United States, but especially closer than we may have thought. San Francisco is home to hundreds of thousands of people who have been a part of how amazing this city has become. San Francisco is one of the most visited places in the world with many of its famous landmarks, endless opportunities not only for daytime fun but also has an amazing nightlife that people cannot get enough of. People come for a great time and could not be done without the help of the people who have grown up to experience and love this city for what it truly is. The cost of living in such an important city has definitely had its affect of lower income San Francisco residents. For decades we have seen changes occurring in parts of San Francisco where minorities live. We have seen this in Chinatown, SOMA, Fillmore district, and especially the Mission district.
A street, also known for its cultural diversity and seen as a part of the British culture, nevertheless only seen as a part of British culture because it is making the British culture richer. From this perspective, British culture can be seen as an amalgam of its native culture and the diversity of other cultures. Which undoubtedly shows how influenced London is by immigration, by the cultures that come along with these