Tag: gentrification

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

Campus activists challenge President John Fry’s commitment to racial justice based on his approach to community policing and development.

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha and Scannapieco Development Corporation want to build small, two-family rowhomes on vacant city-owned lots.

Why is a movement dedicated to the vitality of cities so focused on commercial real estate?

A recent college graduate who moved to West Philadelphia this year reflects on how to be a good neighbor when you are part of the force that is changing a neighborhood.

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

A new Philadelphia Federal Reserve study finds little evidence to support the idea that gentrification is massively disruptive to lower-income city residents.

City Council President Darrell Clarke wants a redo of the sweeping code that governs construction and development in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia’s inner core is gaining wealthy residents while suburban areas are confronting a rise in poverty, according to a new report.

As more sections of Philadelphia become gentrified, a few City Council members are calling for remedies that would keep longtime residents in their neighborhoods.

The energy-efficient, 1,300-square-foot homes are already being promoted for sale at $229,999 each.

It's in this corner of the city, where an array of forces have conspired to drive up real estate prices and, in some cases, drive out low-income renters.

Speculative development is on the rise in Philadelphia with many neighborhoods on the cusp of rapid gentrification.

No one could argue that Olney, in upper North Philadelphia, is gentrifying. But that doesn’t mean the neighborhood isn’t revitalizing.

As neighborhoods gentrify, there is a complex web of effects — some positive, some negative. This week WHYY is examining those changes from the ground up.