Comparing Gentrification around the Odunde Festival to Philadelphia Overall

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Comparing Gentrification around the Odunde
Festival to Philadelphia Overall
Annis Whitlow December 12, 2006
Final Presentation 11.520 GIS Workshop
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Overview of Presentation

• Introduction
• Problem
• Method
• Findings
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• The Odunde Festival
• An African American Festival on South Street
• Gentrification
• Opposition to the festival
• Social Capital
• Multiple differences along racial, income, and
  life stage lines prevent community cohesion

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Problem

• Does gentrification explain the opposition to the
  festival?
• Is the area around the festival changing more
  than the rest of the city?

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Method

• Data Source U.S. Census, 1990 and 2000
• Compare area around the festival in terms of
  community difference in race, income, and life
  stage (percentage of children under 18) from 1990
  to 2000
• Compare the area in a quarter mile radius around
  the festival to the rest of the city.

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Findings - Race
City Mean - 90 City Std Dev 206 Study Area
Mean -10 Study Area Std Dev 65
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Findings - Race
City Mean 39 City Std Dev 37 Study Area Mean
47 Study Area Std Dev 37
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Findings - Income
City Mean (2,391.78) City Std Dev
13,142.85 Study Area Mean (1,011.71) Study
Area Std Dev 9,788.42
Base year 1982-1984
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Findings Life Stage
City Mean 1 City Std Dev 42 Study Area Mean
-10 Study Area Std Dev 31
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Findings Population
City Mean -37 City Std Dev 222 Study Area Mean
5 Study Area Std Dev 101
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Findings Housing Value
City Mean (7,597) City Std Dev 36,688 Study
Area Mean 5,241 Study Area Std Dev 36,635
Base year 1982-1984
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Findings - Summary

• Racial Differences are most prominent
• Housing Values are increasing in block groups
  adjacent to the parade route, with significant
  variation in the quarter mile radius
• Population does not seem to be growing
  significantly overall
• Income and life stage heterogeneity do not fall
  along racial lines around the festival location

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Conclusion

• Changing racial composition of neighborhoods is
  more likely to be the reason for opposition to
  the festival than other factors in gentrification
  (income and life stage).
• The area of the festival is experiencing slightly
  more gentrification than the city overall, but
  the amount is not statistically significant.