I think one of my favorite moments of this class so far was when we were introduced to the Space/Time directory by Bert Spaan. I was totally mind-blown and had no idea that we can use the simple internet to do such complex research.
Gentrification has become a huge topic of conversation over the past few years. With buildings being built in Brooklyn making the area look like Midtown Manhattan, people are wondering about their origins and where all this came from. With that being the case I think this is a perfect opportunity to show the changes that have taken place over the past century or so. More specifically, I want to focus on the new buildings that are being built everyday on East Houston and the Lower East Side. Walking on that street during my freshman year and walking on that street now is not the same experience. New developments and stores have risen since 2014 which shows rapid growth. If all this can happen in a matter of a few years imagine what has happened in the past century.
Using NYPL’s Space/Time directory and Digital Collections I want to present the real estate changes that have taken place in the Lower East Side with a specific focus on East Houston St. I have already unknowingly done so in my previous blog about the tenement houses. There was a tenement building on 310 E. Houston St. but that is now an apartment building/condominium. That is an incredible leap in time: over 100 years! I want to be able to show the progress that was rapidly made that led to the current day building. Using the Space/Time tools I can uncover maps of the Lower East Side and using the Digital Collections I can find specific pictures of those locations.
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