These photos were taken by Kirsty May, a photographer who moved to Brooklyn in 2006.  She says, "While shooting editorial assignments in Williamsburg on gentrification in 2006, I became intimately aware of the changing landscape and the hardships that longtime residents were facing due to rising rents or evictions. I photographed a tall condo building rising near the Bedford Avenue L train station that the locals had dubbed “The (Middle) Finger Building.” It was a sign of what was to come in the mostly low-rise, industrial neighborhood and the fear existing residents had about the changes. I had already seen East Berlin’s transformation while living there in 1997-98 and again in 2004-05, and realized I was about to have a front-row seat to a massive environmental, economic and social change. So I began photographing my neighborhood, Greenpoint, as well as Williamsburg and Dumbo in 2007."

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The set of photos flips back and forth between old and new developments within some parts of Brooklyn (many of which you can identify through exploring the neighborhoods, as they are pretty iconic locations).  They work together to set up a contrast which exists/lingers within the landscape of Brooklyn. 

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Here are just a few of my favorites from her collection, however, if you travel the link below, you will find a slideshow of her full coverage of the condition.

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