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Sarah Nelson Wright

Wright is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Displacement at Greenbelt

By Sarah Nelson Wright

In March, artists, policy advocates, and community organizers gathered in Williamsburg for a roundtable on gentrification, displacement and the arts. The venue, unexpectedly, was a new luxury condo building at 361 Manhattan Avenue. How did a new condo building end up hosting a panel on displacement? The answer is the story of Greenbelt.

The Greenbelt building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photo by Sarah Nelson Wright.
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