“Gentrified by the Homeless”

The Village Voice notes the irony in the possibility that CBGB will be forced out by a homeless-services organization:

Word that the legendary club CBGB is in danger of getting priced out of its Bowery hole-in-the-wall by a possible $20,000-per-month rent hike roiled the rock world last month.

But the irony is that the greedy landlord poised to uproot CB’s is not some condo-crazed speculator but the Bowery Residents’ Committee—a 34-year-old homeless-services agency.

Gentrified by the homeless? Now there’s a twist.