Tag: gentrification
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.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
Is urbanism a fantasy of racialized capitalism?
Why is a movement dedicated to the vitality of cities so focused on commercial real estate?
4 years ago
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.
5 years ago
‘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.
5 years ago
Listen 2:59Philly 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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
6 years ago
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.
6 years ago
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.
6 years ago
‘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.
6 years ago
Listen 5:03How 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.
6 years ago