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Centring race: Why we need to think about gentrification differently

When we think of gentrification, we often think of how a neighbourhood’s demographics and landscape are transformed. Luxury apartment blocks replace single family homes. Trendy cafes replace independent businesses. Affluent families and businesses move in, often pushing out longstanding residents who can’t afford to stay.

The Conversation

Star of new Peckham rom com welcomes the gentrification conversation

‘I love that it gets people talking about something like that’ David Jonsson tells us

Evening Standard

The romcom effect: will a new movie gentrify Peckham as Richard Curtis gentrified Notting Hill?

The likable new release Rye Lane bills itself as ‘a love letter to south London’. But, like Amélie in Montmartre, could it end up damaging the place it sets out to celebrate?

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Ex-Lawmakers, Socialist City Councilmember Fight Putting New Housing on Shuttered Denver Golf Course

An oddball coalition of neighborhood activists and left-wing politicians have opposed plans to convert the privately owned site to housing, citing the loss of open space and impacts on gentrification.

Reason

As Hollywood invades Culver City, some residents push back against gentrification

Long known as “the heart of screenland” because of its role in Hollywood history, Culver City has lately taken on a different nickname thanks to an influx of digital video giants — “the heart of streamland.”

Los Angeles Times

Miami’s hidden high ground: What sea rise risk means for some prime real estate

Miami isn’t known for its majestic mountains. The tallest peaks in the South Florida landscape, in fact, are a series of landfills. The highest point south of Lake Okeechobee is the dump at Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park, better known as Mount Trashmore, which towers 225 smelly feet above northern…

Miami Herald

New affordable housing opens in Pilsen

Casa Durango hopes to eventually house 53 families at two locations, part of an effort to stem gentrification in the area.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Vacant shopfronts v the WorldPride takeover: is Oxford Street ready for Mardi Gras?

Once billed as Sydney’s golden queer mile, the strip has born the brunt of lockouts, lockdowns and gentrification. On the eve of its first parade since 2020 – and its biggest yet – the pressure is on

The Guardian - AU

Vlogger faces backlash for calling Bali ‘the whitest island’ in Asia

‘This seems like a video talking about gentrification without addressing it,’ one user commented

The Independent UK

Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre review: a stirring musical reinforced with Sheffield steel

Defiantly wedded to Sheffield, this uplifting musical has a universal message about community and gentrification

Evening Standard

The fight between Tate Modern and its wealthy neighbours reveals the gentrification of the skies

In the UK, legal cases resolving alleged neighbour nuisances are ten-a-penny. Some – about overhanging trees or leylandii hedges that block out the sun – reach the local press. Few, however, have ever taken up the column inches devoted to Fearn v Tate.

The Conversation

Fears gentrification in St Pauls and rise in house prices is 'killing' culture

The neighbourhood has seen huge changes in recent years

Bristol Post

Can you predict which parts of Sydney will be next to gentrify?

Researchers have developed a model which uses changes in the socioeconomic status of an area to anticipate gentrification

The Guardian - AU

Bristol school forced to close is ‘victim of gentrification and poor planning’

The primary school will shut at the end of the school year

Bristol Post

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Miami Herald

‘High anxiety’ in Miami’s Little Haiti, after developers snap up properties at big auction

Already reeling economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, rampant real estate speculation and looming gentrification, residents and business owners in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood are now confronting a new source of worry and uncertainty: The purchase by developers of a significant slice of properties along its main commercial street.

The Conversation

Atlanta's BeltLine shows how urban parks can drive 'green gentrification' if cities don't think about affordable housing at the start

Is Atlanta a good place to live? Recent rankings certainly say so. In September 2022, Money magazine rated Atlanta the best place to live in the U.S., based on its strong labor market and job growth. The National Association of Realtors calls it the top housing market to watch in…

The Guardian - UK

The end of Boston’s dirty, dangerous Orange Line – Jack Lueders-Booth’s best photograph

‘The elevated section of track had become dilapidated and was due for demolition. This woman is worried about gentrification, which could lead to the area losing its homeless shelter’

Daily Mirror

Inside Mielle hair oil TikTok controversy and fears over haircare gentrification

A deep delve inside the debate surrounding Mielle Organics hair oil, after a viral TikTok video sparked important conversations online about Black-owned beauty brands and products

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The Independent UK

No 33 Hunstanton, Norfolk: A stylish coastal getaway

With a slew of Victorian houses, a lovely beach and sea-dipping sunsets, it seems only a matter of time before the gentrification inches out to The Wash

WEKU

Inside South Africa's 'hijacked' buildings: 'All we want is a place to call home'

Compelling photos capture the lives of occupiers who say gentrification and a lack of affordable housing in Cape Town have left them no choice but to reclaim space in a city that's squeezing them out.

Chicago Sun-Times

In battle against gentrification, Pilsen residents press for affordable housing

A lot at 18th and Peoria streets, vacant for more than 20 years, has long been the focus of affordable housing advocates. A new round of developer proposals will be sought next year.

Los Angeles Times

Destination or gentrification? A sleek new arena opens in the Coachella Valley

LOS ANGELES — For three weeks in April, the Coachella Valley is the center of the world for live music. Its flagship event, Goldenvoice's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, along with its country music cousin, Stagecoach, draw hundreds of thousands of fans to see an expertly curated assortment of…

Salon

What's driving "climate gentrification?"

“Climate gentrification” in Miami is largely determined and driven by capitalist investment opportunities

The Conversation

What’s really driving ‘climate gentrification’ in Miami? It isn’t fear of sea-level rise

Miami’s Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with a median household income well below Miami’s.

Chicago Tribune

Neighborhood pride competes with gentrification fears for residents coping with Obama Center traffic woes in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood

CHICAGO — When the road construction around the coming Obama Presidential Center kicked into a new phase last month, South Shore resident Jane Carson said she took the longer bus rides home in stride because she knew it was for the greater good: a grand community space dedicated to the…

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