Gentrification

San FranYuppyland?

San Francisco's rapid loss of low and middle-income residents is taking a toll on the city's social fabric.
23 June 2008 - 11:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle

Istanbul Gentrifies a 1,000-Year-Old Roma Neighborhood

'Ottoman villas' are going up, and the world's largest Roma settlement is moving out - to suburban apartments.
16 June 2008 - 1:00pm
The Christian Science Monitor

The Gentrification of Harlem

From Home Depot to high-rise office buildings, Harlem's upward trend is producing "root shock," causing some residents to believe it is only a matter of time before they are displaced.
16 June 2008 - 8:00am
The New York Times

Portland's Smart Growth Faces Cries of Gentrification

Portland, famed for its progressive policies and smart growth, is facing criticism that the same growth they are applauded for is squeezing other groups out- particularly African-Americans.
31 May 2008 - 7:00am
The New York Times

Developer To SF: Let's Make A Deal On Affordable Housing

Hoping to head off a competing ballot measure, Miami-based developer Lennar Corp. has voluntarily agreed to set aside 3,200 of the planned 10,000 homes on San Francisco's Hunters and Candlestick Point for low- and moderate-income families.
20 May 2008 - 1:00pm
The San Francisco Chronicle

Has Seattle Become Too Expensive For Its Own Good?

Celebrated for its livability and character, the city is increasingly unaffordable to the very people who gave Seattle its funky vibe.
13 May 2008 - 12:00pm
The Seattle Times

Is 'Sex And The City' To Blame For New York's Gentrification?

With its portrait of glamorous living in Manhattan, some New Yorkers can't help but blame the television series for fueling the city's gentrification. Even the show's star, Sarah Jessica Parker, laments Manhattan's loss of 'grit'.
8 May 2008 - 8:00am
New York Daily News

The Transformation Of A Light Rail Corridor

Seattle's new light rail line is poised to usher in a new era for Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Though most are excited about the new development, the fear of gentrification has made some residents worry that they won't be around to reap the benefits.
22 April 2008 - 9:00am
The Seattle Times

The Managed Gentrification Of Harlem?

A delicate agreement has been reached to permit the rezoning of Harlem's main corridor for new development, but critics argue the plans for new moderate-income housing won't prevent the gentrification of one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
17 April 2008 - 1:00pm
The New York Times

Friday Funny: The New Gentrification

The nation's gentrified neighborhoods are threatened by new trend.
4 April 2008 - 2:00pm
The Onion

Is Chicago's 'Transformed' Cabrini-Green 'Too Good for Poor People'?

As a part of Chicago's $1.4 billion "Plan for Transformation," the once massive Cabrini-Green project has been redeveloped into a mix of affordable, public and market housing. But 80% of the former tenants have moved away.
13 March 2008 - 10:00am
GOOD Magazine

Neighborhood's Unchecked Facelift Highlights Poor Planning

Poor planning is allowing uncontrolled and rapid gentrification to destroy Toronto's Liberty Village neighborhood, according to this article from The Toronto Star.
11 March 2008 - 6:00am
The Toronto Star

Immigrants Feeling Push of Gentrification

Gentrification of one of Vancouver's low-cost neighborhoods in pushing immigrant populations out of the city.
7 March 2008 - 11:00am
The Vancouver Sun

Fighting Gentrification With Historic Designation

Business leaders in New York have proposed declaring Harlem's 125th Street as historic zone in an effort to stop gentrification in the area.
28 February 2008 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

Boomer Megacities: Tokyo As a Barometer for the Developed World?

Tue, 04/17/2007 - 07:30

I had heard stories about this the last time I visited Japan in 2004, but this month's Tokyo city briefing from The Economist brought this trend back to my attention. It seems retiring boomers are abandoning their suburban bedroom communities to return to the metropolitan core - presumably to be near friends, cultural attractions, and other amenities (health care? education?). I've seen rumblings of this as well in the New York metro area.

Hipness a Heavy Hitter in Philly's NoLI

Sat, 04/07/2007 - 14:28

The corner café on North Second Street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia aspires to Euro-style café culture though it lines a little-trafficked street of row houses showing every year of their century and a half of existence, and faces a vast empty, chain-linked block where a brewery once stood.

Homelessness In The City Of Angels

Wed, 02/21/2007 - 08:49

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has visited Downtown L.A.'s Skid Row that the city has a serious homelessness problem -- with more people living on the street than any other city in the nation. A recent article in the Economist focused on the recent crackdown by the city's police on the homeless population of skid row. With more and more residents moving into the area, and city officials keen to clean up downtown's streets, police chief William Bratton committed additional police officers to patrol the area to round up criminals (and presumably break up the population of street dwellers).

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