Even Block Parties Can Be Gentrified

Sent out today on the Shepherd Park message board is a boast that its block party ain’t going to be no beer-sippin’, hot-dog-munchin’ affair. And, kids, you can probably forget about the moon bounce:

Shepherd Park friends,

Here is one more email inviting you to our inaugural block party this Sunday. It’s not your typical neighborhood block party with hamburgers and hot dogs.—we’re closing down an entire downtown street, having five restaurants participate (Jackie’s, Mayorga, Addis Ababa, Tiramisu and Moorenko’s), a platform stage (with performances by eight bands, poets, a fashion show), lots of activities for children (puppets, face painting, games), and dozens of arts, crafts and other items for sale.

What’s so wrong with hot dogs and hamburgers?

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