There’s a post on Brooklynian this morning by a handle you might recognize (Armchair Warrior) on everyone’s favorite topic: “My only problem with gentrifiers is…The ones who want to bring suburbia to ...

Run for cover: Urban pioneers are returning to New Haven — from a space colony to which they originally fled from riots and flames and eviscerated property values. They’re bringing with them “plans” ...

If you’ve ever been evicted because your landlord wants to “renovate” and hike the rents, seen your favorite local businesses killed to make room for expensive, low-quality replacements, or watched a ...

Upcoming state legislative races in Brooklyn demonstrate that the Democratic Socialists of America are doubling down on their strategy of nominating candidates of color in gentrifying areas. If they ...

This article from the Washington DC City Paper is a few months old, but a reader just brought it to our attention and it seemed relevant to some of the discussions that have been going on around here ...

Gentrification in the past decade is linked with declining enrollment in neighborhood schools—but the race and ethnicity of new families moving into the neighborhood changes the equation, finds a new ...

While I was not born in the United States, I spent the bulk of my formative years in Harlem. I went to elementary school on the north end of Amsterdam Avenue and middle school on Convent Avenue. While ...

DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...

DETROIT – A street sign that popped up in Detroit is gaining a lot of attention. The sign read, “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” -- addressing a big concern among inner-city neighborhoods across the ...

Artist-activist Bryce Detroit says he has plans to erect 22 signs plus launch a line of t-shirts and merchandise. A street sign reading “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers,” erected in a transitional Detroit ...

Fliers have popped up in Durham to oppose a proposed development and gentrification, but it's the language in the fliers that is causing a stir. The fliers, which have been posted along Washington ...

The notice, that looks like a construction sign, was created by an artist-activist who goes by the name Bryce Detroit. He put the sign up in his North End neighborhood, which is rapidly changing, ...