Neighborhood Transitions: Losses & Gains

Contemplating the impact of the Atlantic Yards development project and its impact on the culture of the surrounding communities such as Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, this upcoming project by Nelson George, an advisory board member of DEVELOP DON'T DESTROY BROOKLYN (DDDB), is a volunteer-run and community-funded 501c3 non-profit corporation founded in February 2004 in opposition to the Forest City Ratner plan for Atlantic Yards.



Brooklyn Boheme - First 5 mins TEASER 2011 from Diane Paragas on Vimeo.

"The first five minutes of our feature documentary Brooklyn Boheme gives a first hand account of this vibrant African American artistic community that included the great Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson just to name a few. Narrated and written by Fort Greene resident Nelson George, this documentary celebrates "Brooklyn's equivalent of the Harlem Renaissance" and follows the rise of a new kind of African American artist, the Brooklyn Boheme."

Demographics in Brooklyn are transitioning.  Population growth in neighborhoods adjacent to the Atlantic Yards development will increase housing demand as the defining cultural characteristics that make up the "Brooklyn Boheme" continue to shift.

Source: United States Census (2000), Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of New York (2008,2009), American Community Survey (2009)

Source: http://vimeo.com/24489741