Gentrification leads to madness, cannibalism and laughs in 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' When Justina Machado returns home to her native Chicago, she barely recognizes it The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023
Searching for Silver Lake: the radical neighborhood that changed gay America For decades, these Los Angeles streets have played host to key events in LGBTQ+ history. But gentrification has transformed the area The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2023
Will gentrification respect city's people? We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the… Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2023
‘Here is the history, the life’: the shrine holding out against the gentrification of Bangkok Chao Mae Thap Thim, which stands out in a city that has been swallowed up by luxury shopping malls, is under threat The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
Study: Banning Investors From Buying Homes Leads to Higher Rents, More Gentrification Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable rental housing disappeared. Reason · Jun 19, 2023
The last stand for Chao Mae Thap Thim Surrounded by high rises, the Chao Mae Thap Thim shrine is holding out under a wave of gentrification that sweeps across Bangkok. A new documentary, The Last Breath Of Sam Yan, will be screened at Bangkok's independent cinemas to recount an all-out effort to save the century-old legacy of Chao… Bangkok Post · Jun 12, 2023
‘It doesn’t need regeneration’: Peckham’s charm under threat from gentrification plans The quirky appeal of Rye Lane is threatened by developer’s 14 high-rise flats, say residents The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023
'This is the end of Counterfeit Street': Police seize huge haul of fake goods after storming shops on notorious street "People talk about gentrification and it's a land grab and all of this, but this needs sorting out." Manchester Evening News · Apr 6, 2023
The 'worst' resort with an awful reputation for 'druggies and Mancunian ex-cons' - but it COULD be paradise Rhyl scored a measly five out of 100 in the Telegraph's latest Seaside Gentrification Index Manchester Evening News · Apr 2, 2023
Remote working: how a surge in digital nomads is pricing out local communities around the world For eight years I have studied digital nomadism, the millenial trend for working remotely from anywhere around the world. I am often asked if it is driving gentrification. The Conversation · Mar 31, 2023
Gentrification can suck the 'vitality' out of a city. This new film captures how New York City, once heralded as the "city of dreams," where grit alone was enough to make it, is now a place like any other major American city, increasingly made from steel and glass — and also prohibitively expensive. That changing landscape and the dwindling opportunities therein, whether euphemized as… Los Angeles Times · Mar 31, 2023
Chinatowns nationwide resist gentrification New developments encroach on historic Chinatowns. Axios · Mar 30, 2023
'UK's worst seaside' with surprise attraction and beautiful beach but 'drab town' Rhyl, in north Wales, has 'no past, no arts or entertainment, no fun,' according to the Telegraph's Seaside Gentrification Index. Daily Record · Mar 26, 2023
Life at 'UK's worst seaside' with beautiful beach and surprise attraction but 'drab town' Rhyl has 'no past, no arts or entertainment, no fun,' according to the Telegraph's Seaside Gentrification Index. The Mirror spoke to locals to see if that's a fair statement to make Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023
The Conversation · Mar 22, 2023 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.
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2023 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
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023 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?
Reason · Feb 28, 2023 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.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023 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.”
Miami Herald · Feb 23, 2023 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…
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2023 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.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023 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 Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023 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
Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2023 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
The Conversation · Feb 13, 2023 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.