One particular area where this can be identified is the area around the East Side Gallery; this is where the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall currently stands. On the eastern side of this structure is an area that has gone through significant change and thus the buildings have been altered as well. This stretch is located on Holzmarktstrasse.
East of this area there was a neighbourhood next to a Black Market named Rex. This would be a good example of an area that is just beginning to be gentrified. The black market still exists within the area but the apartments across the street have been through renovations if not still receiving renovations.
Another area that has been impacted by Gentrification is located in Boxhagener Platz. This is perhaps further along in the process of being gentrified compared to the previous neighbourhood in that some apartments have already been renovated and renewed. The picture below shows the border between one building that has been impacted by gentrification and another that has not.
Located along Frankfurter Allee is a neighbourhood that would be considered to be gentrified. After a period of time, the East German government decided to renew this area into a more Upper-Middle class neighbourhood. Unfortunately, the government could not afford to continue this project and thus resulted in creating three phases of this plan. This can be seen as you walk through the street and take note how the quality of each building gradually changes.
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I don't think I would classify the East Side Gallery area as an example of gentrification (I added a similar comment to someone else's gentrification entry). This is more of a new development of a previously vacant area. One aspect of gentrification is the replacement of an area's original population. This isn't happening in these areas as there was no significant population before the construction.
Oops, Keir I think I meant to say "Flea Market", not the black market. Dr. Bredohl had made reference to this as we passed the area by. Thank you for the comment though! And yes Julia, now that you explain this, that makes more sense. Would this still be the case if there has been damage to buildings but they still stand today? I may have understood this concept inaccurately.
Man if it was a black market, I might just get myself a nice cheap kidney.
Jokes aside, do you think that the area with the flea market will stay as it is for much longer? I noticed today that there is quite a bit of construction in the area, and it seems like that is prime real estate.
It's probably hard to say whether or not this area is indeed going to be changing soon as well. I mean, it probably isn't impossible given the fact that the apartments literally across the street are going through the process of Gentrification, so perhaps that will have an effect on the nearby area as well. On the other hand, it is still being used for something and not just completely abandoned, so I'm not sure! There is also the fact that the area being used for a flea market (or other things) is right beside a significant area of train tracks, but that might not necessarily prevent developers from moving in either.
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