Gentrification Down the Shore

"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." 

— Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places

"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris

— The Progressive

"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park."

— The Metropole

Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris

— Indoor Voices podcast

"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject."

— NJ Studies

"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism"

— SUM

"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization."

— Kathe Newman, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University