Protecting the birthplace of hiphop from gentrification
Well, having 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the west Bronx declared a national historic site would protect the place where hip-hop began, but it would also protect the working-class families living there from being tossed out on their asses. An excerpt from the NYT story: Hip-hop was born in the west Bronx. Not the South Bronx, [...]