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 ...

Well, I know Asia down in 3F, and one of my best friends lives around the corner, but I don’t know this place, or the people who call it home, at least not how I want to. I moved to New York City from ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

The historic Gullah-Geechee people have been one of the most successful Black communities at preserving the cultural connection to their homeland of Central and West Africa post-slavery. Although ...

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, ...

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 ...