Although both of this week’s readings were related to public housing units, I still could not help but link the content of the articles back to race and the white superiority complex. As the stated in  “The Harlem River Houses” by Gail Radford, and supported by “The Beginnings of Public Housing in New York” by Peter Marcuse, housing projects built in Harlem were built not out of benevolence or for any type of social or progressive reform.

 Having been to Chinatown at least once every year throughout my life, I found this week's reading on Chinatown during the 1800s rather interesting. There were definitely aspects of Chinatown that I recognized through the descriptions provided, as well as some details I did not recognize. The infrastructure and essence of Chinatown still remains fairly much the same today as it did in the 1800s. Also, the manner in which the Chinese socialize and interact with each other, remains the same to an extent. One aspect of Chinatown which caught my eye instantly was the various store signs.