Category Neighborhood Development
North America’s Big Cities
North America’s biggest cities are the most straightforward sample studies of gentrification—their density means that the process happens more quickly and is more documented. Read on for explorations of what this looks like in Manhattan, Vancouver, Chicago, and more. Shelters Fill as Rent Aid Disappears What is a Neighborhood? When Black Neighborhoods Become White New Yorkers are Moving […]
Capital Interests
Capital interests are anyone who stands to make a profit off gentrification. Typically this includes the city, developers and investors, pioneers, landlords, and business owners, but it can also include your typical homeowner who sells their house for more than they imagined and can finally afford to move to the suburbs. In trainings, we sometimes […]
The Gentrification of Fiction and Food
I suspect urban gentrifiers are a more intellectual bunch these days, compared to past generations. It’s mostly arrogance that shapes this hypothesis, but I also wonder if the dramatically visible wealth gap, Occupy, and a digital “democratization” of cultural criticism has made gentri-pioneers a bit more self reflexive. I’ve seen two instances recently of gentrification […]
Go West: Frontier Work in Franklinton (Guest Post)
At at the OSU student involvement fair I found myself talking to a college libertarian and free market enthusiast who was tabling for Ron Paul. The free market enthusiast explained to me that laissez-faire capitalism is the best guarantee of individual freedom; I used Manifest Destiny as an example of the violations to personal freedom […]
Now that low-income houses are out of the way, we can get back to market rate
Renovation of 11th Avenue Row Houses to Start in Weinland Park Wagenbrenner Breaking Ground on 38 More New Homes in Weinland Park
The Business of Art
“For the ten years Peekskill’s Republican City Council has attempted to lure artists to downtown spaces in the hopes of neighborhood rejuvenation. The city ran ads in the Village Voice and promised to help artists renovate old storefronts into lofts and studios. After 80 artists made the move, Peekskill began construction on ArtLofts, a $5.7 […]
The Charitable-Industrial Complex
Neighborhood development projects invariably involve a partnership between non-profit and for-profit entities—in which the non-profit’s presence allows the project to frame itself as charitable instead of exploitative. Unlike explicitly commercial developments, neighborhoods still contain enough energy and resistance that needs to be mediated and pacified. Philanthropic entities—whether private foundations, 501(c)3 non-profits, or otherwise—are increasing rapidly […]
Gentrified Columbus 