About five years ago, the term “gentrification” began popping up more and more in the media. At one time, that term referred to the natural and cyclical nature of cities—meaning that neighborhoods go ...

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 ...

“Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies,” by feminist and urbanist scholar Leslie Kern. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

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, ...

University of Chicago Press, 320 pp. Human beings, who exist at the scale of the neighborhood, have trouble understanding the full scope of urbanized America. The United States contains 107 ...

GENTRIFIER has surpassed many worthier slurs to become the dirtiest word in American cities. In the popular telling, hordes of well-to-do whites are descending upon poor, minority neighbourhoods that ...

Gentrification is no longer something that just happens in low-income neighborhoods. As the phenomenon displaces communities of color, from Inglewood to Washington, D.C., "gentrification" has been ...

For many on the Left, gentrification remains a dirty word, synonymous—or at least closely associated—with racism, oligarchic developers, neoliberalism, and even genocide. Fortunately, not all ...

Alma Blackwell was born and raised in West Oakland but after years of intense gentrification followed by waves of displacement, she barely recognizes her old neighborhood. “There’s almost no one left, ...

Looking east on Southeast Division Street, parts of Montavilla still appear largely commercial, though this could change in the coming years. A 2013 study by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability ...

One day it is a sassy mixed neighbourhood full of grunge and good vibes, the next it is a sterilised home zone for career-focused 20-somethings and as dead as a place can get. This sad transformation, ...