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Tag: gentrification

Samantha Rise from Girls Rock Philly
PlanPhilly
Education
Eyes on the Street

Claiming solidarity isn’t enough. Drexel needs to act like Black Lives Matter

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

5 years ago

The words “Not for sale” are painted on a Keninsgton street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Planning Commission rejects plans for affordable housing on ‘very small lots’

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

5 years ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Is urbanism a fantasy of racialized capitalism?

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

5 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Can gentrifiers be good neighbors?

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.

6 years ago

Nikkole Salter and Renika Williams perform in Dominique Morisseau's
Arts & Entertainment

‘Mud Row’ tells the story of black history in West Chester’s east end

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

6 years ago

Listen 2:59
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and Council President Clarke unveiled the newly renovated Amos Playground (PlanPhilly, file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly Federal Reserve study challenges conventional wisdom on gentrification

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

6 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Is Philly growing too big, too fast? Gentrification concerns fuel City Council zoning reform call

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

6 years ago

(David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Northeast Philly, suburbs become poorer as inner city gentrifies

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

6 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Some Philly Council members vowing to support residents in path of gentrification

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

6 years ago

A rendering of single-family homes planned for 1100-1114 Wallace Street in West Poplar. (Courtesy of Frankel Enterprise)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly developer breaks ground on 26 affordable homes in gentrifying West Poplar

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

7 years ago

Rachel Garland, a lawyer with Community Legal Services, meets with Craig K. Lee, 53, who has lived at the Arvilla since 2011 and now will have to move. (Courtesy of Neighbors)
Community
Broke in Philly

The Penn Alexander effect: Is there any room left for low-income residents in University City?

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.

7 years ago

Activists protest evictions in Germantown (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Mass evictions are growing more common in Philly. Here’s how to fight them.

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

7 years ago

Jason’s Cozyday is one of Olney’s most popular hang out spots for young people.
PlanPhilly
Community

How Olney became one of Philly’s fastest-growing communities — without gentrification

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

7 years ago

New houses abut old in Northern Liberties, one of the city’s fastest gentrifying areas. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Gentrified’ series draws out stories about changing relationships across Philly

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.

7 years ago

Listen 5:03
Manuel Pomeles waters his garden in the North Central neighborhood revitalized with support from HUD's axed Choice Neighborhoods program. (Jake Blumgart/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How Trump’s budget would turn back the clock on progress in Philly’s neighborhoods

Trump's proposed FY2019 budget poses a massive threat to Philly's progress stabilizing neighborhoods, preventing foreclosures and fighting homelessness, city officials say.

7 years ago

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