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two men are standing on the side of a building with a yellow banner that says progress

As part of our recent activities looking at gentrification, we couldn’t help but be drawn back again and again to the different ways the subject is captured, tagged or depicted visually. We’ve pulled some of these together into a gallery,... Continue Reading →

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a painting on the side of a building depicts a man holding a giant telescope

San Diego artist Ricardo Islas used acrylic on wood to create this miniature 5″ x 7″ gem — Gentrification. PREVIOUSLY ON GENTRIFICATION: SPONSORED: Take the worry out of gentrification – with GENTRÍFIA® Gentrification is TERRIFIC with GENTRÍFIA®! “I used to worry about gentrification squeezing out local businesses,” says Monica Galvanes of Eagle Rock, a Los ... Mas...This painting says it all about gentrification (toon)

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a man holding a sign that says gentrification displaces low - income residents

Gentrification was the word used to describe the purchasing and re-doing of urban or unique property. This occurred in the 1990s as the value or property in the cities decreased. Sometimes this process removed people of their own homes who received very little income. These new places were a hit for young, single adults who enjoyed the city life and all the creative neighborhoods.

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a man is painting a mural on the side of a building with people and musical instruments

While many black residents, old and new, are thankful for the new amenities that gentrification brings, others worry that an emerging brand of black pride could do away with the community’s politically nourished roots, writes Rose Hackman

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an image of a city street with buildings and signs

Gentrification Follow this link to find a short video and analysis that explores the race and class politics behind gentrification: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos/the-race-and-class-politics-of-gentrification Artist: Winston Rowntree (http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html)

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an old building with graffiti all over it

Gentrification in Berlin is a subject that we are all to a degree affected by but many remain helpless in the face of it. The new visualization by the artist co

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a mural on the side of a building with people walking and sitting in front of it

A range of artworks and writings -- by members of the Harlem Art Collective aka HART and the East Harlem community -- on the theme No Rezoning, No Displacement, No Gentrification have made their way onto the Guerrilla Gallery on East 116th Street. The image pictured above -- painted by Kristy McCarthy aka DGale and Zerk Oer -- features a color-coded map with median prices of real estate sales and incomes of East Harlem residents, illustrating how increasingly difficult it is for…

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a small dog standing on the sidewalk in front of a building with signs and advertisements

Since Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season.

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a drawing of a building with lots of signs on it's front and side

It's already Wednesday and we're only now reading our first anti-gentrification rant of the week. Real evidence the local media is slipping, honestly. And while we're still not seeing much of a fresh take on things, today's soapbox is a startling one: The Bold Italic.

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