Gentrification Archives

There's a deep connection between policing and "urban renewal" in Atlanta. Through the state's various strongholds, including the police, transforming urban space always ends up taking some communities off the map entirely. YSL (and Young Thug) might be the next big casualties.

Tag: Gentrification

How 'the shadow of state abandonment' fostered then foiled Young Thug's YSL

Cop City, Gentrification, and Young Thug: Atlanta's uneven war over greenspace in 'The City of the Forest'

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Call it what it is—Food apartheid

The Mutual Musicians Foundation is fighting the gentrification of Jazz in Kansas City

There Goes the Neighborhood: What really caused the decline of 18th & Vine

Growing pains

In the wake of Tennessee's tornadoes, some ways to send and receive aid—and things to avoid

Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

12 Haikus on gentrification: Bull City edition

Real museums of Memphis

The Proof is in the West End: Dance and wellness converge at The Movement Lab

No justice in gentrification

Property, poverty, and aerosol: Street art's impact on Richmond

Amazon could speed up displacement in Atlanta

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