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Gentrification

The Next Dimes Square Is Just Around the Corner

New York City is constantly in a state of art scenes gentrifying neighborhoods and changing the city. Dimes Square isn't unique.
By Erin Taylor
People walking on the High Line on a sunny day.

The High Line Names Alan van Capelle its New Leader as it Attempts to Combat Gentrification

Alan van Capelle will become the High Line's director early next year, with plans to focus on community-building.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Philadelphia’s Office of Arts and Culture Is in Danger of Being Eliminated

Philadelphia's mayor has proposed a plan to cut the city's Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy in order to reserve funding for essential municipal services.
By Helen Holmes
High Maintenance The Guy tends to his new plot at Maple Street Community Garden in Crown Heights

The Intimate Local History Hidden in ‘High Maintenance’

By Greta Rainbow

Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art Center Dispute Highlights the Threat of Gentrification

By Helen Holmes

Death Cab for Cutie Takes on Amazon and Gentrification in New Single

By John Bonazzo
Smorgasburg on a summer day. (Bex Walton/flickr.)

Simulacra of Urban Experience in a Suburbanizing New York

By Kim Velsey
The Bronx. (Axel R-D, flickr)

Arts Not a Priority for the Bronx, Says Councilman Opposing Plan By Brooklyn Org

By Guelda Voien
Swizz Beatz. (Photo courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Swizz Beatz Will Open a Soho House-Type Club for Artists in the Meatpacking District

By Nate Freeman
Galapagos Art Space. (Courtesy Galapagos)

Art World Abstracts: Galapagos Art Space Goes to Detroit, And More!

By Nate Freeman
The McKibben Bogart candle from OAK.

The Sweet (and Not So Sweet) Smell of a Gentrifying New York

By Kim Velsey
Mr. Powell at work in his shop. (Courtesy of Duane Harper Grant)

Shoe Repairman Stays One Step Ahead of Gentrification

By Lauren Feiner
Hot coffee (Getty)

Ghosts of Strippers Past: Ex-Strip Club May Become Drive-Thru Starbucks

By Matt Mullen

Blast From the Past: Artists Gather In East Village to Protest Gentrification

By Kim Velsey
Goodbye Blue Monday won't say farewell just yet.

Goodbye Blue Monday … for Real?

By Anna Perfecto Canlas
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