Spike Lee's 7-Minute Rant About The 'Motherf*cking Hipsters' Gentrifying Brooklyn
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Spike Lee's 7-Minute Rant About The 'Motherf*cking Hipsters' Gentrifying Brooklyn
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They should change the property tax system that causes gentrification and encourages cities to push people out for higher tax revenue. It is a form of eminent domain that the city is imposing on people in an area.
Especially homeowners, the city jacks up property taxes reduces your leverage with developers that want your property.
I would cap property tax increases and the rent of people that have lived in an area for awhile.
They should change the property tax system that causes gentrification and encourages cities to push people out for higher tax revenue. It is a form of eminent domain that the city is imposing on people in an area.
Especially homeowners, the city jacks up property taxes reduces your leverage with developers that want your property.
I would cap property tax increases and the rent of people that have lived in an area for awhile.
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'I don’t see a negative to cleaning up a neighborhood': Brooklyn hipsters fire back at Spike Lee after rants on gentrification
"I don't see a negative to cleaning up a neighborhood," said Fort Greene resident Marina Rutherfurd, responding to Spike Lee's recent criticism of the gentrification in his old neighborhood.
Wake up and smell the $7 latte, Spike.
Newcomers to Spike Lee’s old Brooklyn stomping grounds say the “Do the Right Thing” director missed the mark when he railed against white gentrifiers and their frilly pets.
“I don’t see a negative to cleaning up a neighborhood,” said Marina Rutherfurd, 25, who was walking her English springer spaniel Hudson in Fort Greene Park on Wednesday not far from where Lee shot scenes for “Crooklyn,” his 1994 semibiographical film about life growing up in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Hannah Spencer, 28, self-proclaimed 'doggler' (a person whom ogles dogs belonging to other people) pets a dog while hanging out at a dog run in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on April 27, 2010.
Adams IV, James Monroe (Freelanc
Hannah Spencer, 28, self-proclaimed 'doggler' (a person whom ogles dogs belonging to other people) pets a dog while hanging out at a dog run in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on April 27, 2010.
“I think it’s a creative bunch of people doing interesting things,” added Rutherfurd, who moved to Fort Greene just a month ago from the Hamptons, where she recently opened a restaurant called Station. “It’s all good intentions.”
The filmmaker blasted Brooklyn gentrifiers Tuesday during an incendiary Black History Month speech at Pratt Institute, even going so far as to equate a rise in pricey pets at the park with the country’s premier dog show.
“Have you seen Fort Greene Park in the morning?” Lee railed during a profane rant against gentrification that stretched seven minutes. “It’s like the m-----f---ing Westminster dog show!”
Filmmaker Spike Lee blasted the gentrification of his neighborhood in Fort Greene. Seen here are residents shopping in fancy stores on Fulton Street on Wednesday.
Todd Maisel/Todd Maisel
Filmmaker Spike Lee blasted the gentrification of his neighborhood in Fort Greene. Seen here are residents shopping in fancy stores on Fulton Street on Wednesday.
Apparently unsatisfied with Tuesday’s rant, Lee doubled down Wednesday with an Instagram image from an old Tarzan movie, with a caption that read “Early Gentrification.”
Meanwhile, dozens of fancy pooches roamed Fort Greene Park with their fashionable owners in tow.
The area surrounding the park was largely Italian in 1968 when Lee’s parents bought a brownstone for $40,000, the filmmaker has said. While that may have been a princely sum back then, the filmmaker’s posh 8,292-square-foot pad on the Upper East Side hit the market in November for a whopping $32 million.
Residents walk along Lafayette Street on Wednesday.
Todd Maisel/Todd Maisel
Residents walk along Lafayette Street on Wednesday.
Megan Feeney, who lives in a co-op that she bought two years ago in Fort Greene, said the filmmaker was doing what he does best — provoke. Still, she doesn’t agree with Lee when it comes to views on gentrification. “He has the right to live wherever he wants to live, and people have the right to live wherever they want to live,” said Feeney, 34, while walking Ernie, her miniature poodle.
For 32-year-old jewelry designer Donna Yu, who supplements her art with a dog-walking business, the drawbacks of gentrification — rising property values, disenfranchisement — hardly outweigh the perks.
“I benefit from it,” said Yu, a Toronto transplant who claims that since beginning her dog-walking service in 2009, the number of competing services in and around Fort Greene has tripled. “I can have a decent cup of coffee.”
At least one person was happy with the outspoken director. Westminster Kennel Club spokesman David Frei said the 137-year-old group appreciated his shoutout Tuesday night.
“We’re glad that when Spike Lee sees dogs, he thinks of the Westminster Kennel Club,” said Frei. “God bless him.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...lyn-residents-article-1.1703404#ixzz2uXGT6DHF
"I don't see a negative to cleaning up a neighborhood," said Fort Greene resident Marina Rutherfurd, responding to Spike Lee's recent criticism of the gentrification in his old neighborhood.
Wake up and smell the $7 latte, Spike.
Newcomers to Spike Lee’s old Brooklyn stomping grounds say the “Do the Right Thing” director missed the mark when he railed against white gentrifiers and their frilly pets.
“I don’t see a negative to cleaning up a neighborhood,” said Marina Rutherfurd, 25, who was walking her English springer spaniel Hudson in Fort Greene Park on Wednesday not far from where Lee shot scenes for “Crooklyn,” his 1994 semibiographical film about life growing up in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Hannah Spencer, 28, self-proclaimed 'doggler' (a person whom ogles dogs belonging to other people) pets a dog while hanging out at a dog run in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on April 27, 2010.
Adams IV, James Monroe (Freelanc
Hannah Spencer, 28, self-proclaimed 'doggler' (a person whom ogles dogs belonging to other people) pets a dog while hanging out at a dog run in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on April 27, 2010.
“I think it’s a creative bunch of people doing interesting things,” added Rutherfurd, who moved to Fort Greene just a month ago from the Hamptons, where she recently opened a restaurant called Station. “It’s all good intentions.”
The filmmaker blasted Brooklyn gentrifiers Tuesday during an incendiary Black History Month speech at Pratt Institute, even going so far as to equate a rise in pricey pets at the park with the country’s premier dog show.
“Have you seen Fort Greene Park in the morning?” Lee railed during a profane rant against gentrification that stretched seven minutes. “It’s like the m-----f---ing Westminster dog show!”
Filmmaker Spike Lee blasted the gentrification of his neighborhood in Fort Greene. Seen here are residents shopping in fancy stores on Fulton Street on Wednesday.
Todd Maisel/Todd Maisel
Filmmaker Spike Lee blasted the gentrification of his neighborhood in Fort Greene. Seen here are residents shopping in fancy stores on Fulton Street on Wednesday.
Apparently unsatisfied with Tuesday’s rant, Lee doubled down Wednesday with an Instagram image from an old Tarzan movie, with a caption that read “Early Gentrification.”
Meanwhile, dozens of fancy pooches roamed Fort Greene Park with their fashionable owners in tow.
The area surrounding the park was largely Italian in 1968 when Lee’s parents bought a brownstone for $40,000, the filmmaker has said. While that may have been a princely sum back then, the filmmaker’s posh 8,292-square-foot pad on the Upper East Side hit the market in November for a whopping $32 million.
Residents walk along Lafayette Street on Wednesday.
Todd Maisel/Todd Maisel
Residents walk along Lafayette Street on Wednesday.
Megan Feeney, who lives in a co-op that she bought two years ago in Fort Greene, said the filmmaker was doing what he does best — provoke. Still, she doesn’t agree with Lee when it comes to views on gentrification. “He has the right to live wherever he wants to live, and people have the right to live wherever they want to live,” said Feeney, 34, while walking Ernie, her miniature poodle.
For 32-year-old jewelry designer Donna Yu, who supplements her art with a dog-walking business, the drawbacks of gentrification — rising property values, disenfranchisement — hardly outweigh the perks.
“I benefit from it,” said Yu, a Toronto transplant who claims that since beginning her dog-walking service in 2009, the number of competing services in and around Fort Greene has tripled. “I can have a decent cup of coffee.”
At least one person was happy with the outspoken director. Westminster Kennel Club spokesman David Frei said the 137-year-old group appreciated his shoutout Tuesday night.
“We’re glad that when Spike Lee sees dogs, he thinks of the Westminster Kennel Club,” said Frei. “God bless him.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...lyn-residents-article-1.1703404#ixzz2uXGT6DHF
^^^^
'I WAS P----D AS HELL': Vandal hits homes on Spike Lee's former Brooklyn block after filmmaker's fiery rant against gentrification
A vandal struck the block where Spike Lee used to live in Fort Greene. The woman who lives at the brownstone believes the graffiti attack was directly related to Lee's Tuesday night tirade against gentrification.
Gentrification hasn’t taken all of the edge out of Brooklyn.
An angry vandal struck Spike Lee’s former Fort Greene home on Friday, three days after he caused controversy by saying his old neighborhood looked like the “m-----f-----g Westminster dog show.”
An at-large tagger hit the 165 Washington Park family home that Lee referenced during his tirade on the changing demographics of Brooklyn, neighbors said.
The anemic aerosol artist only wrote half of his famous film title “Do The Right Thing” on the side of the stoop.
“I think that Spike needs to stop mentioning the house in his comments,” Lee’s half-brother Arnold, who lives at the home, told the Daily News. “He can say whatever he wants, but don't mention that.”
RELATED: SPIKE LEE BLASTS BROOKLYN GENTRIFIERS
The 165 Washington Park address that Spike Lee referenced in his Tuesday tirade was also by an unidentified vandal. The anemic aerosol artist only managed half of Lee's famous film, "Do The Right Thing."
Courtesy of Arnold Lee
The 165 Washington Park address that Spike Lee referenced in his Tuesday tirade was also by an unidentified vandal. The anemic aerosol artist only managed half of Lee's famous film, "Do The Right Thing."
Meanwhile, a neighbor at 164 Washington Park bore the brunt of the angry vandal’s rage.
Dianne Mackenzie woke up to find her front door window broken and full film title scrawled on the front of her brownstone.
“I'm sure its directly connected with the remarks he made,” vandal victim Dionne Mackenzie said Friday. “I was p-----d as hell.”
Police said they are investigating the incident.
Lee created a firestorm during a Tuesday night appearance by comparing his new, well-heeled neighbors to hostile invaders.
RELATED: SPIKE LEE'S VIEWS ON GENTRIFICATION IRK SOME BROOKLYN RESIDENTS
Director Spike Lee caused controversy when he said his former Fort Greene stomping grounds looked like the "m-----f-----g Westminster dog show."
Andy Kropa/Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Director Spike Lee caused controversy when he said his former Fort Greene stomping grounds looked like the "m-----f-----g Westminster dog show."
“You can’t just come in the neighborhood and start bogarting and say, like you’re mother-effing Columbus and kill off the Native Americans,” Lee crowed.
Apparently unsatisfied with Tuesday’s rant, Lee doubled down Wednesday with an Instagram image from an old Tarzan movie, with a caption that read “Early Gentrification.”
The area surrounding the park was largely Italian in 1968 when Lee’s parents bought a brownstone for $40,000, the filmmaker has said.
While that may have been a princely sum back then, the filmmaker’s posh 8,292-square-foot pad on the Upper East Side hit the market in November for a whopping $32 million.
Mackenzie, who has lived at the home since 1998, said she disagreed with Lee’s remarks and was disgusted by the subsequent backlash.
“He's gone on these kinds of rants before. Now it's really directly impacting me,” she said. “This is not the kind of thing that happens in this kind of neighborhood.”
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