I find “displacement” to be a much more useful term for describing the negative side of gentrification. Nonetheless, I don’t think gentrification has lost its meaning or should be jettisoned from the ...

Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed The Noshery, a bakery-cafe that she says is the kind of place every neighborhood needs. But does the neighborhood itself need to change? That’s a big question across ...

Neighborhood gentrification in Buffalo between 2011 and 2019 was associated with a decrease in property crime, independent of a general decline in similar crime city-wide during those same years, ...

A shift in demographics. Affordable apartments transformed into luxury condos. A coffee shop called something like “Brew Slut.” The signs of gentrification take many forms. A newly opened art gallery ...

Gentrification has affected almost every major metropolitan area in the nation, and Salt Lake City is no exception. In the face of a national housing crisis, locals have been hit especially hard with ...

Gentrification, a complex and often controversial process, has become a significant topic of discussion in urban development. As neighborhoods transform due to the influx of more affluent residents, ...

The study measured gentrification by identifying neighborhoods with low median incomes and low property values and monitored changes over time. With economic gentrification usually comes racial ...

The streets that were once filled with the vibrant culture and deep-rooted history of Black communities are now being transformed, often in the name of progress. Gentrification, a process where urban ...

Will Nunziata’s recent judgmental map of Williamsburg is the latest attempt at breaking down NYC’s neighborhoods into as many generalizations as possible while offending/making us laugh. We covered a ...

Mieko Tarrius receives funding from Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQSC). Mieko Tarrius is a Policy Researcher Fellow at the Office of the Manhattan Borough President. Concordia University provides ...

According to a new report, Denver is among cities in the United States with the most gentrification by neighborhood – and this isn’t a recent trend. The Mile High metro is the only area to rank in the ...