The Latest Breaking News from Gentrification

‘It should have been celebrated’: the fight to save a thriving Black school

In Let the Little Light Shine, a high-achieving Black school in Chicago’s South Side fights the tide of gentrification

The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2022

6th Street bridge: A civic wonder that reflects LA's promise and its simmering problems

LOS ANGELES -- In its short life, the 6th Street Viaduct has turned into so many competing things to so many people: Soaring civic landmark or roadway to gentrification. Altar to the city's car culture or TikTok playground for general mayhem and lawlessness. Panoramic promenade for Boyle Heights abuelitos or…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

City residents who support neighborhood schools are often divided by race and purpose

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2022

Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa mural bears a message for longtime Pilsen residents: ‘Fight to stay’

It’s about “anti-gentrification but mostly the big impact from investors,” Duarte says. “They buy the small, old houses, and they destroy the character of Pilsen.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 24, 2022

Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands

As world travel rebounds after two years of COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, marketers and the media are promoting Puerto Rico as an accessible hot spot destination for continental U.S. travelers. The commonwealth set a visitor record in 2021, and it is expanding tourism-related development to continue wooing travelers away from…

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Rising rapper ENNY: “It’s horrible… the government were having a party, they were drinking Prosecco!”

Ahead of a summer of festival sets, ENNY talks about her breakout hit Peng Black Girls, rapid gentrification in her hometown and partygate

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2022

Listen up! Here are the finalists of the 2022 Student Podcast Challenge

The 2,400 podcast submissions for NPR's contest offer a rare glimpse into the minds of young people.

WEKU · May 8, 2022

Philadelphia neighbors who tried to fight gentrification with fecal samples win court appeal

Neighbors who oppose the construction of an apartment building in West Philadelphia and had asked residents for fecal samples to try to find a link between development and colorectal cancer won their appeal Monday of the zoning board's approval of the project.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 5, 2022

Will Montpelier become latest victim of gentrification? Plans for sheds used as squats have residents worried

Redevelopment on Picton Lane make some feel "with the increasing number of plans for new developments modern buildings could overshadow the beautiful old ones"

Bristol Post · Dec 10, 2018