NEW YORK, N.Y. – By definition, gentrification is simply the process of renovating or improving a neighborhood so that it conforms to middle class taste. However, gentrification in effect is more ...

Gentrification is becoming more common in US cities, raising questions about its health impacts on original, or “legacy,” residents, including both those who stay in place and those who move. The ...

Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this way: Middle- and upper-income people start moving into a lower-income or poor ...

There are many indexes that aim to rank how green cities are. But what does it actually mean for a city to be green or sustainable? We’ve written about what we call the “parks, cafes and a riverwalk” ...

It’s time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable. Gentrification is natural. Neighborhoods change over time. Different groups move in and out, businesses change hands, land uses ...

Guys, we have something very serious to discuss with you about the city of Houston. And what is that issue, you ask? Well, it’s the monstrous gentrification of Upper Kirby. No, we’re not kidding. Not ...

When large companies move into an area, politicians often proclaim how the new business will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and thus lead to economic growth. This is one reason local governments ...

Seemingly overnight, a yoga studio replaces a barbershop, a coffee café takes over a small grocery, and a multi-story apartment building looms where older single-family homes once stood. Such signs of ...

Gentrification has touched cities across the United States, from New York and the Bay Area, to Pittsburgh and Albuquerque. The rapid transformation of some urban neighborhoods has become an incendiary ...

Unless you’ve lived in the East Bay for a long time, it may be hard to understand the rapid shift that’s taken place here in recent years: the explosion in the number of homeless people, the insane ...

When large companies move into an area, politicians often proclaim how the new business will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and thus lead to economic growth. This is one reason local governments ...