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Holiday Art and Gentrification in Hell's Kitchen

12/31/2015

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​Gentrification does not take a break during the holiday season.  It uses it to forward its work.

Holiday Art Star in Hell's Kitchen
December 2015, Hell's Kitchen, New York City. 9th Ave and 40th Street. ©www.ebgallardo.com

​Quaint, old-timey star-snowflake combos adorn the intersections between 36th and 42nd streets in Hell's Kitchen for the holiday season.  Let's call them stars.  Walk the Avenue at night, which you wouldn't have done a handful of years ago, and admire them.  They're simple, but nice.

But they aren't old-timey at all.  This is the first year the stars were hung.  And they may not be very nice. 

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