There Was Nothing There

Explores the daily lived effects of gentrification for neighborhood residentsWilliamsburg Brooklyn a prominent neighborhood in New York City has undergone significant transformations through cycles of divestment and gentrification. In 2005 the citys decision to rezone the Williamsburg waterfront for highrise housing led to a profound alteration of the physical cultural and social landscape. The result was the rapid influx of thousands of new residents many of them wealthy giving rise to luxury