SoiferI VtP Annotation: Reading Places

This question is complicated to answer, due to the fact that certain modes of expertise are defined as being superior to others, and some are simply invisibilized. There is the mode of expertise propogated by the university, which imbues their staff with a great deal of opportunity and leverage when given the opportunity to reorder the city/engage in urban planning. The university hires architects as well who have designed some of the most noteworthy of public spaces and buildings to develop the Expansion. Residents of West Harlem who are not affiliated with the university tend to be relegated to certain areas of expertise such as construction workers. However, when residents who are a part of the Community Board sought to inform the Expansion to be a mixed-used development, such was completely ignored. I would not be surprised if there is a great deal of expertise that is not being called upon as the neighborhood continues to shift and change.