“Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies,” by feminist and urbanist scholar Leslie Kern. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

Seemingly overnight, a yoga studio replaces a barbershop, a coffee café takes over a small grocery, and a multi-story apartment building looms where older single-family homes once stood. Such signs of ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. However, in a process known as ecological, green or ...

Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this way: Middle- and upper-income people start moving into a lower-income or poor ...

There are many indexes that aim to rank how green cities are. But what does it actually mean for a city to be green or sustainable? We’ve written about what we call the “parks, cafes and a riverwalk” ...

“Vida” was meant to be a TV show ripped from the headlines of L.A., portraying the battles over gentrification that have gripped Boyle Heights in recent years. Aiming for a realistic look, the ...

I visited Fat’s Chicken and Waffles on a rainy Tuesday night. The place was packed. The veteran hiphop promoter and rapper Jonathan Moore was spinning old and new tracks. People were standing at the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT (Associated Press) Kim Cuevas-Reyes, a 38-year-old cellphone store owner, snuck into Lahaina last Friday to see ...

When large companies move into an area, politicians often proclaim how the new business will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and thus lead to economic growth. This is one reason local governments ...

It’s time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable. Gentrification is natural. Neighborhoods change over time. Different groups move in and out, businesses change hands, land uses ...

"Though a Southern Californian, I lived in Boston from 1993 until 2002 and believe the Boston experience with slowed, or stopped, gentrification may provide some insight into what could happen in ...