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cupcakes and gentrification
In an interview with Cakespy.com, Dr. Newman explained that she is currently building a collaboratively sourced map of New York City’s cupcake shops. In September 2009, Dr. Newman and her students will use this map to embark on a “Tour de Cupcake” – a fieldwork (and tasting) exercise designed to test her theory that cupcake shops can provide a more accurate and timely guide to the frontiers of urban gentrification than traditional demographic and real estate data sets. this is a telling geographical concept! “Next time you bite into your cinnamon horchata cupcake,” concludes Al-Sayeh, “reinterpret your surroundings.” Genius. It’s always unselltling when some new bourgeoise butcher shop or the like pops up in the neighbourhood. The little things that make it a little more delightful are ringing its death knell. Hah! I knew I had a good reason for hating cupcakes. FUCK CUPCAKES. (Source: wehunger, via becoming-wave)
Mapping Gangs and Cupcakes in the San Francisco Mission District
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I’ve actually read...article, I have some comments: Culver City gentrification? My urban...
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Dr. Newman explained that she...currently building
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But what does it mean when a cupcake shop opens within a half block of a new payday loan place?
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Too good. This made my day. If there hasn’t been a Cupcake shop/Butcher, er, “charcuterie”/Nouveau LL...
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becoming-wave reblogged this from cocoku and added:
Hah! I knew I had a good reason for hating cupcakes. FUCK CUPCAKES.
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This makes a lot of sense.
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Genius. It’s always unselltling when some new bourgeoise butcher shop or the like pops up in the neighbourhood. The...
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