Tag: gentrification

About a dozen residents participated in Thursday’s discussion inside the Walnut Street West Library in University City.

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

Attendees at the Guerin Recreation Center discussed the obvious and not-so-obvious signs that gentrification is about to impact a neighborhood.

The conversation focused on the influx of wealth and redevelopment of Philly’s neighborhoods.

An in-person hearing is slated to take place Friday at City Hall.

Steep penalties against unscrupulous investors aim to protect homeowners from being pressured into below-market sales.

It’s too soon to say how Washington Avenue will ultimately look, and what impact it will have on the neighborhoods surrounding it.

In the shadow of the Rail Park, neighborhoods are changing. The park’s backers hope to shape the area’s evolution and curb displacement.

James Dupree fought against the seizure of his building for two years. Now he has sold it and is leaving the neighborhood.

The legislation targets sections of West Philadelphia and Kensington where rents are rising fast and residents are finding fewer affordable housing options.

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier released a statement opposing plans for a proposed West Philly apartment building that had sparked controversial research.

The free online tool grapples with the question that looms over many development-related clashes: How to grow a neighborhood without disrupting its fabric.

The amendment to the zoning code would change the math on residential development in the booming rowhouse neighborhoods southwest of City Hall.

In a year when many land use matters were disrupted by the pandemic, City Council created six new neighborhood overlays aimed at shaping development.

A protest kicked off in Malcolm X Park organized by a new group called Enough is Enough.