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1 WK 6 Assignment – Neighborhoods Aida Labrada SOWK-6331-FTA1-HMN BHVR SCL ENVRMNT:SCL SYSTM Dr. Cavazos 2/13/2024

2 WK 6 Assignment – Neighborhoods The neighborhood of Jonathan Street located in Hagerstown, Maryland is an anomic neighborhood. Hagerstown once had large industrial businesses such as General Electrics warehouse where light bulbs were once made, Coca plant, and Good Humor Ice Cream; now these warehouses are abandoned buildings found in the poorer neighborhoods such as Jonathan Street. Residents who remember, demonstrate great pride in once working for the railroads and the larger commercial and industrial businesses that now have either moved out of state or out of the country, those same residents were left trying to find new employment in a city whose growth was declining and new neighbors that were moving into the area due to the low cost of housing. Anomic neighborhoods are dysfunctional and provide little social support, instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values, giving uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals. (Kirst-Ashman, 2013) Jonathan Street is a low-income neighborhood, where most of the crime occurs. The residents who move into this area typically do not identify with their neighbors out of fear of the crime that is occurring in the building that they live in or outside on the street. Not too far from Jonathan Street is the railroad line that divides the Northside of Hagerstown from the poor neighborhood and its rich neighborhood. The residents of Jonathan Street feel little to no support from their larger community. As stated, before Hagerstown used to have large commercial and industrial businesses located within its city. The Coca plant and General Electrics plant were located within walking distance from Jonathan Street. This once was a stable and viable neighborhood, it declined when the warehouses closed. The neighborhoods continue to decline as those that once lived there, moved. Leaving many of the apartment buildings and houses empty to become delipidated.

3 The city has demolished the dilapidated houses and built parking lots in a residential neighborhood as if to say it had no expectations for these houses to be used. Although Jonathan Street has been written off by the city and the larger community, the older residents of Jonathan Street still feel bonded to the area. Gates stated when he creates a new project, he gives thought to the residents, to look for the synergy and the pulse within the neighborhood. (Gates, 2015) Carter discusses the triple bottom line of having a sustainable development that has the potential to create positive returns for all concerned. (Carter, 2006) As Gates converted an old bank into an art building and Carter took an abandoned field and formed a waterfront park in South Bronx, so too can those vacant lots and dilapidated homes be converted into something useful on Jonathan Street. Creating a new sense of purpose on Jonathan Street could strengthen the neighborhood as it provides a place for residents to go about their daily lives and something in common.

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4 References Carter, M. (2006, June). Greening the ghetto [Video]. TED Conferences. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/majora-carter-greening-the-ghetto Gates, T. (2015, March). How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/theaster_gates_how_to_revive_a_neighborhood_with_imagina tion_beauty_and_art Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2013). Human Behavior in the Macro Social Environment, 4th Edition (4th ed.). Cengage Learning.

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