Gentrification
The City Has Failed University City Townhome Residents. They Should Pay For It — Literally
Monday morning’s abrupt dismantling of the protest encampment outside of West Philly’s University City Townhomes served as another reminder that Black lives still don’t matter. […]
I’m a Penn Alum — There’s Nothing Charitable About Their $100 Million Donation
It sounded too good to be true. And so it was. The University of Pennsylvania, an institution with a $14.9 billion endowment, announced before Thanksgiving […]
Darrell Clarke, Gentrification Is Gentrification — Even If the Developer Is Black
“All my skinfolk ain’t kinfolk,” the legendary Black writer Zora Neale Hurston once said. This quote goes double for Black developers who profit from land […]
Report: Philly Is Gentrifying More Than San Francisco, the Poster Child for Displacement
Gentrification is happening across the country, but conventional wisdom would have you believe that much of the most vigorous activity is centered around West Coast […]
Here’s Why Jamie Gauthier Thinks She Can Defeat Longtime Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
Last week, West Philly native Jamie Gauthier officially announced her bid for City Council in the 3rd District. A former executive director of the Fairmount […]
The Challenges Philly Faces in the Year Ahead
Center City and its surrounding neighborhoods may have turned a corner, and the job and population growth in those areas may have propelled Philadephia into […]
Penn’s New Food Hall: $10 Ice Cream and a Slice of Gentrification
The last place at the heart of Penn’s campus that unashamedly included the neighborhood is gone. The Moravian Food Court, once a lively social hub […]
Two Philly Zip Codes Make List of Country’s Top 10 Most Gentrified
Have you noticed your neighbors munching on avocado toast more at Sunday brunch? Come to think of it, have you noticed them having big Sunday brunches […]
OPINION: I Hope Amazon HQ2 Doesn’t Come to Philly
Today is the deadline for cities to place their bids to host Amazon’s second headquarters. Philadelphia, along with Chicago, Houston, Boston and more than 50 other […]
Neighbors Want This Philly Bar Shut Down Now
Plenty of bars in Philadelphia have bouncers. But not very many have armed security guards wearing bulletproof vests. During the day.
Report: “Anarchists” Vandalize Cars, Apartments in South Kensington
Thousands in damage after vandals target new buildings & high-end cars in Northern Liberties @CBSPhilly @ 430, 5&6a pic.twitter.com/xuJhjJ9u55 — Trang Do (@TrangKDo) May 2, […]
The Changing Streets of Cedar Park
Monica Allison moved to West Philadelphia’s Cedar Park in 1997, buying a gorgeous red brick Victorian town house for $67,000. She’d been renting closer to […]
Affordable Apartments Getting Scarcer in Philly, Fed Says
Studies conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia have shown that gentrification produces benefits for those lower-income residents who do manage to remain in […]
Anti-Gentrification Graffiti Pops Up in West Philly
A restaurant called Clarkville at 43rd Street and Baltimore Avenue in West Philly was tagged early Thursday morning with an anonymous note: “Gentri Go Home.” (They […]
Only a Fraction of Philly Neighborhoods Have Gentrified, Pew Says
Just 15 census tracts in Philadelphia experienced gentrification between 2000 and 2014, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. That’s only 4 […]