Review: The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century

Gentrification is often portrayed as a two-sided war: the gentrifiers versus the gentrified. But through a compelling collection of first-hand oral histories from on-the-ground New Yorkers, D.W. Gibson teases out a more nuanced struggle for power between mostly well-intentioned players in a rapidly-evolving global American city. The author’s resulting thesis is clear: the “sin of property” has muddled New York City’s once-cherished sense of community and citizenry