Gentrification of the East Village

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The East Village became home to Beats, Hippies and New Wave bands. Michael Wolraich: The first time he ever saw the gap there, I knew it was over. He says gentrification is a term that we associate with the loss of something meaningful in our lives. "I fear that the most destructive forces today actually include nimbies who are against almost any kind of change"

Michael Kimmelman has been the architecture critic of The New York Times since 2011, writing about cities, public space, infrastructure, community development, public housing, equity, and the environment. He joins to talk about his extraordinary career in journalism and his new book, “The Intimate City: Walking New York.”