A recent college graduate who moved to West Philadelphia this year reflects on how to be a good neighbor when you are part of the force that is changing a neighborhood. A view of the Philadelphia ...
Well, I know Asia down in 3F, and one of my best friends lives around the corner, but I don’t know this place, or the people who call it home, at least not how I want to. I moved to New York City from ...
Artist-activist Bryce Detroit says he has plans to erect 22 signs plus launch a line of t-shirts and merchandise. A street sign reading “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers,” erected in a transitional Detroit ...
DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...
If you’ve ever been evicted because your landlord wants to “renovate” and hike the rents, seen your favorite local businesses killed to make room for expensive, low-quality replacements, or watched a ...
Upcoming state legislative races in Brooklyn demonstrate that the Democratic Socialists of America are doubling down on their strategy of nominating candidates of color in gentrifying areas. If they ...
There’s a post on Brooklynian this morning by a handle you might recognize (Armchair Warrior) on everyone’s favorite topic: “My only problem with gentrifiers is…The ones who want to bring suburbia to ...
Gentrification in the past decade is linked with declining enrollment in neighborhood schools—but the race and ethnicity of new families moving into the neighborhood changes the equation, finds a new ...
DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...
Fliers have popped up in Durham to oppose a proposed development and gentrification, but it's the language in the fliers that is causing a stir. The fliers, which have been posted along Washington ...