gentrification
May 19, 2025
Displacement, Development, and the Fight for Home
"It’s like they’re building a city for someone else." As new high-end housing reshapes Linden, longtime residents like the Consuegras struggle to survive, caught in a crisis of affordability, community loss, and political inaction.
December 11, 2023
H Street’s Decline: An Empty Promise of Urban Renewal
Two decades of reinvestment, yet crime is on the rise. H Street in DC was once a success story, but progress has stalled.
May 8, 2023
‘We Walk Amongst Each Other, Not with Each Other’: Seeking Common Ground in Sacramento’s Oak Park
Tensions over whether Oak Park is experiencing damaging gentrification or helpful revitalization continue to shape conversations about the neighborhood.
December 13, 2020
East Tampa Fights to Maintain Its Identity
Gentrification brings in money and development to a previously depressed area, but its long-term residents struggle to keep their established community and culture.
December 13, 2020
Qing Guo Alley’s Big Bet and the People It Wagered
Welcome to twenty-first-century Chinese style gentrification, where old is hip, and everyone is after a little taste of moderate prosperity.