CBH Talks: What Signs Say, Part One: The Aesthetics of Gentrification
In their book What the Signs Say: Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn, sociolinguist Shonna Trinch and anthropologist Edward Snadjr explore how changes in the look and language of New York City’s storefronts signal a gentrifying neighborhood. Join them for a wide-ranging discussion about “old-school signage,” “new-school signage,” and how storefront design intersects with class and race, with Cynthia Gordy Giwa and Tayo Giwa, founders of Black-Owned Brooklyn, and Peter Robinson, professor of urban theory and architecture at Parsons School of Design and a Board Member of BlackSpace Urbanist Collective. Michelle Young, founder of Untapped New York, moderates.
This program is presented in partnership with John Jay College, CUNY.
Photo key (beginning from the top left-to-right): Cynthia Gordy Giwa, Tayo Giwa, Peter Robinson, Shonna Trinch, Edward Snadjr, Michelle Young.
