Location

Gentrification... Gentrification is when a place, a neighborhood for example, has a class change. The gentry, or the wealthy, come into an area and begin to raise prices through capital investment. The residents who live in the area are usually displaced because they cannot afford the new standard of living and higher rents that accompany the investments. The term is often used positively by people who support economic development. Contrarily, it is also used negatively by people who are concerned for the displaced residents.

Insight... Insight is an inside look at something and can lead to newfound knowledge about that which one sees.

Dilapidated... This means run-down.

Row House... According to the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, "The row house form was ideally suited to meet the needs of a quickly growing population, the plotting of land and the method of speculative development so common in Manhattan. A simple form, it allowed efficient use of the standardized lot while still permitting individual ownership...In elevation and plan, Federal Period row houses were quite modest. Characterized by classic proportions and almost planar smoothness, they were ornamented with simple detailing of lintels, dormers, and doorways. Usually two to three stories high, three bays wide, with steeply pitched roofs, houses were of load bearing masonry construction. The brick facades were laid in a Flemish bond which alternated a stretcher and a header in every row. On early examples of the style, the brick was sometimes painted, often in red or gray. The basic form was frequently modified to provide commercial use on the ground floor and residential above."

Healthscape... The term healthscape is used to describe the "geography of epidemiology", including high quality food, water, and sleep. This could include the delivery and distribution of food or of something such as sanitation, health clinics, etc. (This information was taken from my notes in GUS 150, Urban Environment on January 17, 2006).